Chapter 18.3 (1/2)
Chapter 18.3: What a mess….
While Xiao He He is meeting up with s.h.i.+ Lin, Zheng Xie and Yang Wei Qi were watching a movie at the cinema.
Two days ago, Yang Wei Qi saw the newspaper advertis.e.m.e.nt about the French Film Week that was held in the Central Square Studios. Unfortunately she missed it. Zheng Xie said: “Get them to re-show it. Which want you want to watch?” So he called her today to watch the movie.
As a result, in the huge theater that is able to accommodate thousands of people, there are only two of them. Yang Wei Qi said emotionally: “The privileged of the upper cla.s.s.”
Zheng Xie said: “What privilege? There is no such matter. It is just equivalent to making some exchange.”
The movie name is Jeux d’enfants. The Chinese name is 两小无猜 (pin ying: Liang Xiao Wu Cai)
Jeux d’enfants – is a 2003 French-Belgian movie starring Marion Cotillard and Guillaume Canet. This movie is also known as Love Me If You Dare in English. Love Me If You Dare
The movie is a story of a pair of childhood friends. From childhood, they love to play joke on each other, forcing each other to do naughty things to embarra.s.s each other, take silly risks and forcing the other side to cancel the engagement with the fiancé. And many years later, both of them got married with their individual partners.
Watching French movie has always been boring, nearly put Zheng Xie to sleep. In the meantime, Yang Wei Qi was so emerged into the movie, she did not even speak to Zheng Xie throughout the movie.
In the end of the movie, a big toss to both parties life when a tragedy happen. And they reunited in finally.
The lights came back on and they went out. Yang Wei Qi had tears in her eyes. Wiping away her tears, fresh one flow down. Zheng Xie is amused and said: “Such a lousy movie, why are you so touched?”
Yang Wei Qi said while wiping her tears: “You were asleep. What do you understand about the most cla.s.sic movie of 2003?”
Zheng Xie said disapprovingly: “I thought it was a new movie. If I know it is a 2003 movie, it would have been better to watch it at home on the DVD.”
Yang Wei Qi said: “That cannot be compared. Movie theater screen is big and feel much better. It was nicer when we were younger. We used to watch good movies in the big theater, as big as a curtain. I always like to sit in the front row, although it is tiring but there will not be any people walking about. And it is quieter, as if one is exposed into the movie scene. Now fewer people watch movie, so most of the movie theater are converted into small hall show. Not many big screen. So except when a new blockbusters are released, there are usually no film art.”
Zheng Xie said: “小资情调”
小资情调 (pin ying : xiao zi qing diao) – is translated as Pet.i.te Bourgeoisie French p.r.o.nunciation: [pət.i.t buʁʒwazi]), also petty bourgeoisie (literally small bourgeoisie) that means a member of the lower middle cla.s.s, especially when is perceived as conventional and conservative.
Yang wei Qi wiped away her last tear. “小资就小资, better than these big exotic capitalists. I expect that the story would have a better ending, and did not expect that it ends this way.”
小资就小资 (pin ying : xiao zi jiu xiao zi) – Is translated as ‘Petty, so just let it be petty”
Zheng Xie said: “You can cry even when watching a funny movie. You are indeed unique.”
Yang Wei Qi retorted: “This is a comedy of a pair of childhood love. After so many rounds of detours before they finally get together, isn’t it such a pity?”