“Kuyaxaka. Sihlela ngakho konke. Siqinisekisa izimoto zethu, amakhaya ethu. Siqinisekisa ngisho nezimpilo zethu. Kodwa asicabangi ngeminyaka yethu yokugcina.”
-UJeanne, umlingisi wefilimu yesiFulentshi, Konke Ndawonye
Kuya ngokuthi ubuza bani noma ufunde ini, ukuguga nokuthatha umhlalaphansi yizinto ezinhle kakhulu ezingake zenzeke kuwe (kucatshangelwa ezinye izindlela) noma isigaba sempilo esigcwele ngokweqile esigcwele ukuzihlukanisa nomphakathi, ukungavikeleki kwezomnotho, kanye nezinkinga zempilo ezikhulayo. . Le mifanekiso emi-bi-polar ibonakala ezincwadini ezidumile ezikhulayo ezimayelana nendlela yokuhamba “kubudala obusha”—leyo nkathi yokuphila izigidi ezingu-78 zama-Baby Boomers zase-US zisanda kuqala ukungena, ngamazinga ahlukene omdlandla noma ukwethuka.
Uma kubhekwa lesi sibalo esikhulu sabantu, akumangazi ukuthi amamuvi amaningi manje agxile ezinsizini zakudala. Zihlanganisa ezihambayo, kodwa ezibuhlungu kakhulu, amour, umzala wakhe ongumFulentshi owakhayo, Sonke Ndawonye, kanye nokungenisa okukhangayo kwe-UK (ngendlela yaseNdiya), Ihhotela elingcono kakhulu le-Exotic Marigold. Nakuba engekho kulawa mafilimu asethwe e-US, ahlola, ngokunembe kakhulu, izingqinamba ezifanayo zezenhlalo, ezomnotho, nezokunakekelwa kwezempilo ezibhekene nezigidi zabantu ezweni lethu, ngenxa yokwanda kokuphila isikhathi eside.
Lapho oqokwe Oscar amour sivulwe eduze kwaseBerkeley, sajoyina ingxenye eyinhlanhla yeqembu lethu lezizukulwane ukuze sithole ukuthi yini esingase sigcinelwe yona, amashumi ambalwa eminyaka ezansi nomgwaqo. Uma sikhuluma ngezibalo, akuwona wonke umuntu okwamanje oseminyakeni yawo-60 asazoqoqa amasheke e-Social Security eminyakeni engamashumi amabili kusukela manje, ngisho noma bemhlophe, becebile, futhi bezizwa bekhululekile namuhla. Kunoma ubani othembele ekutheni uyaphila futhi akhahlele eminyakeni engamashumi ayisikhombisa, engamashumi ayisishiyagalombili, noma ngale kwalokho, ifilimu yomqondisi uMichael Haneke iwukuhlola kwangempela. Eqinisweni, yilokho okwakuvame ukubizwa ngokuthi, ku-Sixties, "i-bummer yangempela."
Ayigugi Ngomusa
amour indaba yakusihlwa yombhangqwana waseFrance osushade isikhathi eside, uGeorges no-Anne, uthisha osewathatha umhlalaphansi wabadlali bopiyano bamakhonsathi. Udlalwa nguJean-Louis Trintignant oneminyaka engama-82 kanti yena no-Emmanuelle Riva oneminyaka engama-85. (U-Riva ungomdala kunabo bonke oqokwe kwi-Academy Award yokuba ngumlingisi ohamba phambili endimeni ephambili futhi ufanelwe ukuwina ngoFeb. 24).
UGeorges no-Anne "bayaguga endaweni," kodwa hhayi ngomusa. Abakathuthelanga emphakathini wabadala noma esikhungweni sokunakekela izingane isikhathi eside, sase-US noma uhlobo lwesiFulentshi. Banobudlelwano obukude nenzalo yabo, ehlala noma esebenza isikhathi esiningi phesheya. Kubonakala sengathi abanabo abangane abaseduze. Ngakho-ke ukuxhumana kwabo nomphakathi kukhawulelwe ku-concierge esakhiweni sabo, unkosikazi wakhe owusizo, kanye nezivakashi ezingavamile, njengendodakazi yabo ezibambayo noma umfundi ophumelele wangaphambili ka-Anne. Njengoba u-Anne ekhutshazwa uchungechunge lwemivimbo, ifulethi labo elimnyama nelinophahla oluphakeme liba ighetto yabo yangasese yangasese.
Impilo yabo iqale ibe yimbi ngendlela ejwayelekile kubantu abaningi abaneminyaka engaphezu kuka-65, abaneshwa lokulaliswa esibhedlela bese bephuma besesimweni esibi kakhulu kunakuqala. Ukuhlinzwa okuhlulekile emithanjeni ye-carotid evalekile kushiya u-Anne ekhubazeke kancane. Akakwazi ukuhamba, ukugeza, ukuphuma embhedeni, noma ukuya endlini yokugezela yedwa. Ngemva kokushaywa unhlangothi futhi ekhaya, uba sengozini yokulala embhedeni, angakwazi ukuzithiba, futhi ancike ekusebenziseni amanabukeni abantu abadala. Kwesinye sezikhathi zakhe ezisele zokuqonda, u-Anne ukwenza kucace kuGeorges ukuthi akafuni ukuphinde alaliswe esibhedlela, ngaphansi kwanoma yiziphi izimo. Ngisho nangemva kokuba eselahlekelwe ikhono lokukhuluma, uyazama ukuxhumana “nokuphela kwempilo” yakhe ngokwenza izinqumo ngokwenqaba ukudla namanzi.
Njengabanakekeli abaningi bomshado wangempela, uGeorges ulwa nemithwalo engokomzimba nengokomzwelo yokunakekelwa ubusuku nemini. Imali yabasizi bezempilo yasekhaya, ekugcineni iba yimfuneko, ibonakala ingeyona into; kodwa “usizo oluhle” kulowo mkhakha kungaba nzima ukuluthola. Njengoba kudlalwa i-Trintignant, i-Georges ekhathele ithambile futhi ayinasineke, inothando futhi ayiqondi. Ebhekene nethemba lokuba nesizungu esikhulu nakakhulu njengomfelokazi, unenkinga yokusingatha isifiso sika-Anne sokufa ngokuthula, kunokuba aphile ekhubazekile, edidekile, futhi ebuhlungu ngokomzimba. Indlela ayixazulula ngayo leyo ndaba incane kunenhle.
Iqiniso Elincane Kuno-Amour?
Iqondiswe nguStephane Robelin, Konke Ndawonye kuthinta umoya onenhliziyo elula we-farce yaseFrance, kude kakhulu Uthando. Lokhu ngokusobala kwamcasula New York Times umgxeki uStephen Holden lapho ifilimu ivulwa kafushane eNew York ngekwindla edlule, ngakho wamemezela ukuthi “ingenalo iqiniso ngaleyo minyaka yokugcina” “njengomsebenzi wobuciko odabukisa inhliziyo” kaHaneke.
Konke Ndawonye manje ingatholakala ku-Netflix kodwa, eqinisweni, ayinakho ukushoda kokukhubazeka kwayo okuhlobene nobudala, izifo, nokufa. Lezi zinkinga zithinta isethi yabantu abadala baseFrance abaphila impilo egcwele cher ami. Abalingiswa abayinhloko bahlanganisa imibhangqwana emibili eshadile—u-Annie noJean, u-Albert kanye noJeanne–kanye nomngane wabo osenesikhathi eside oyisoka, uClaude. Bonke baye bahlangana ndawonye iminyaka njengengxenye yendilinga efanayo yonxiwankulu, benentshisekelo eyabelana ngokudla, iwayini, ipolitiki, kanye nemibono.
Kwesinye sezigcawu zakuqala zale filimu, amaphoyisa ahlakaza umbhikisho wasemgwaqweni waseParis oholwa nguJean osebenze ngokweqile, esaphethe uphondo lwenkunzi njengentsha evuselanayo engakwesokunxele. Sithola ukuthi yena kanye nabanye asebethathe umhlalaphansi bonke bangomakadebona basekolishi kudala. Ifaneleke ngokwanele ifilimu enabalingiswa abagqugquzelwe kanye nokusebenza kahle kokukhuluma isiFulentshi ka-Jane Fonda, i-radical yempilo yangempela yamaSixties, Konke Ndawonye idlulisa umlayezo obalulekile: okungukuthi, ukuthi ukuphila okudabukisayo, okungaqondakali akuyona ukuphela kwendlela endala. Kunalokho, lezi Gallic ama-soixante huitards uzimisele ukufakazela (hhayi ngokokuqala ngqá) ukuthi “kungenzeka elinye izwe.”
Okudala ukuhlolwa kwabo kwezenhlalo sekwephuzile ukulaliswa esibhedlela uClaude oneminyaka engama-75. Uyi-lothario esigugile yake yaxhunyaniswa kwezothando kubo bobabili u-Annie noJeanne, bengazi ngomunye nomunye noma abashade nabo bamanje. Eshaywe yisifo senhliziyo, uhlala endaweni yokulungisa isimo saseFrance ebukeka kahle ngokwezindinganiso zase-US. Nokho, lapho abangane bakhe bezobona uClaude, baxoxa ngokudumala kwakhe ngesimo sezinye iziguli esezikhulile. “Le ndawo igcwele izinsalela zamathambo,” kusho esinye isivakashi. “Angimvumeli umngane wami wakudala ukuba abhodloze kulo mgodi,” kusho omunye.
Khona manjalo, banquma ukukhulula uClaude enkampanini yabakhubazekile, abakhubazekile, nabahlala ngesihlalo sabakhubazekile. Bamkhipha ekhaya lasebekhulile elifana ne-chateau futhi bahlale ndawonye, endlini ka-Annie noJean enamagumbi amaningi, enengadi enkulu ngemuva. "Ukuhamba nge-hippy," njengoba u-Annie ekubiza, akukhona ngaphandle kwezinkinga nokungezwani phakathi kwabantu. UJeanne, uprofesa wefilosofi osethathe umhlalaphansi odlalwa uFonda, unomdlavuza obulalayo, isimo azama ukusifihlela umyeni wakhe. Ukulahlekelwa inkumbulo okubi kakhulu kuka-Albert (kanye nokungabibikho kwengqondo okubangelwa amanzi agelezayo) kuholela esikhukhuleni esilimazayo. Ukuze basize bonke babhekane nesimo, abahlali baqasha usizo oluncane lokuhlala, okuhlanganisa nomfundi waseJalimane oneziqu ofundela ukwelapha asebekhulile emiphakathini eyahlukene futhi abe isazi sazo sasekhaya.
Igceke elingemuva liyambiwa maduzane kwafakwa ichibi, umnyakazo owaphikiswa kudala nguJean wepolitiki. Umuzi owandisiwe uklonyeliswa ngokuhleka nokudlala kwabazukulu abavakashile. Lapho uJeanne eshona emzini wakhe omusha, nabangane bakhe bemzungezile, u-Albert usheshe akhohlwe ukuthi usephelelwe yisikhathi. Lumuthi heqe uvalo ecabanga ukuthi kungenzeka udukile nje azame ukumcinga. Imibuthano yomphakathi manje enezizukulwane eziningi enenhloso iyamzungezile, ekuboniseni ubumbano oluthinta inhliziyo. Ukuguga endaweni, ngendlela ehlangene, kubukeka kungcono kakhulu kunokunakekelwa kwesikhungo uClaude asinde ngokulambisa kukho noma isiphetho sika-Anne noGeorges. in Uthando.
I-Off-Shoring Yokuguga
Abafuduki baseBrithani bahlanganiswe ndawonye ngokungahleliwe Ihhotela elihle kakhulu le-Exotic Marigold adlalwa iqembu elihlangene elaziwa kangcono izethameli zaseMelika kunabalingisi abakanye noFonda Konke Ndawonye. Iqondiswe nguJohn Madden, ifilimu ihlanganisa uDames Judi Dench noMaggie Smith (bobabili abaneminyaka engu-78), uBill Nighy, uTom Wilkinson, no-Dev Patel, umlingisi we-Anglo-Indian oneminyaka engu-23 owayedlala indawo ka-Jamal, umqhudelwane ohamba phambili womklomelo weselula. phakathi Slumdog Millionaire. Njengo-Holden ku The Times ukugxeka Sonke Ndawonye, Umbuyekezi waseBoston u-Allen Stone uwuchithile umsebenzi kaMadden ngokuthi “inganekwane yabantu abadala—i-anodyne ngokumelene neqiniso elinonya.”
Eqinisweni, ifilimu kwenzeka ngokumelene nesimo esingokoqobo esinzima somnotho, ukuminyana kwezimali ezimpeshenini, ukuncipha kwezimali zomhlalaphansi, kanye nalokho umlingiswa kaPatel, uSonny, akubiza ngokuthi “ukuthola ukuguga,” okuwumkhuba othumele abantu baseMelika abangaphezu kwesigidi phesheya. izindawo lapho imali yabo engaguquki ingadlulela phambili.
Abathathe umhlalaphansi abahlukene abafika e-Jaipur, ngaphandle kokukodwa, abakaze balubeke unyawo e-India, ngakho-ke ukushaqeka kwesiko kudlulele. Bahlanganisa umbhangqwana oshadile oxabanayo osanda kuphuma eqandeni lesidleke sawo sokuthatha umhlalaphansi. (UNighy udlala umyeni ohlukumezekile onquma ukusala lapho umlingani wakhe ebalekela eNgilandi). Ezinye izihambeli zaseMarigold zihlukanisile, azikaze zishade, noma abangashadile abasanda kushonelwa banemithwalo yabo siqu neyezezimali noma ama-ajenda othando. Phakathi kwabo kukhona ijaji eliyisitabane elivalekile, manje eselithathe umhlalaphansi ebhentshini (elidlalwa uWilkinson), umfelokazi osezingeni eliphakathi (Dench), umyeni wakhe osanda kushona wamshiya engenamali, kanye nenceku yasendlini esanda kudilizwa ngenxa yezicebi (uSmith) , othunyelwe ngokudabukisayo e-India ukuze ayoshintshwa inqulu, ukuze agweme ukulinda ulayini ku-National Health Service.
Bonke abakhathazekile ngokuthola ukuthi ipharadesi lomhlalaphansi elikhangiswa, ku-inthanethi, ngumphathi osemusha kaMarigold (uPatel) liyihlazo kunetshe eliyigugu le-Raj. Ngenhlanhla, izindawo zabo zokuhlala eziswakeme, ezigcwele imfucumfucu ziphakathi nendawo yokuphila yasemgwaqweni ephithizelayo yase-Jaipur, lapho izakhamuzi ezintsha zisabela kuzo ngezindlela ezihlukahlukene. Umlingiswa ka-Wilkinson uphinde wahlanganiswa kafushane nesithandwa sakhe saseNdiya, manje oseyindoda eshadile eneminyaka ephakathi; ngokushesha uphelelwa yisikhathi, ngokuthula nangenjabulo, ukwehluleka kwenhliziyo esihlalweni esilula saseMarigold Hotel.
Incekukazi kaSmith ebabayo nengamethembi uyalunqoba ubandlululo lwakhe, ubuhlobo obungalindelekile nomndeni wakwaDalit “abangathintwa,” futhi iphindela emuva ekuhlinzweni ukuze ibe umgcini wezincwadi odingeka kakhulu kaSonny. Njengezigidi zabantu abadala bangempela baphinde baphoqeleka ukuthi babuyele emsebenzini ukuze bazisekele, umlingiswa ka-Dench ubamba itoho esikhungweni sezingcingo sendawo. Lapho, uqeqesha abadayisi bezingcingo baseNdiya abasebasha ukuthi bangaxhumana kanjani kangcono namakhasimende amadala ase-UK amadala njengalawo ayeyiwo.
Emzabalazweni wabo ngamunye kanye neqoqo lokuzitholela indawo njengabafokazi ezweni abangalazi, izivakashi zaseMarigold—noma lezo ezingafi noma ezingakhubazekile—ziyakwazi ukwakha umuzwa omusha womphakathi. Basebenza ndawonye ukuze bahlenge ihhotela abahlala kulo ekubhidlikeni okusondelayo. I-Marigold yemakethe ishintsha kakhulu futhi, ngokusho komphathi wayo, uSonny, "ikhaya labantu asebekhulile elimangalisayo kangangokuthi bayokwenqaba ukufa."
Ubuciko Bokulingisa Ukuphila?
Manje, ababuyekezi abagxekayo bangase baqhubeke nokuphikisa ukuthi iziphetho ezijabulisayo Konke Ndawonye futhi Ihhotela elingcono kakhulu le-Exotic Marigold akuzona nje “zangempela,” (iphuzu elisemthethweni njengoba ingekho idokhumentari). Nokho womabili amafilimu akhombisa ngokunembile izifiso zabantu abaningi baseMelika asebekhulile—ikakhulukazi labo abathonywa ipolitiki kanye nesiko eliphikisayo leminyaka Yamashumi Ayisithupha. Bayawaxwaya amalungiselelo endabuko okunakekelwa kwesikhathi eside, ekhaya noma endaweni yesikhungo. Futhi ngokuqinisekile abafuni ukuphila kwabo siqu kube ukuphindaphinda okudabukisayo, okumpofu Uthando, uma lokho kungagwemeka.
Ngakho-ke, esikhundleni salokho, ama-Baby Boomers amaningi ase-US, kuwo wonke amazinga emali engenayo, amatasatasa namuhla ekufuneni ezinye izindlela zokuphila kokuguga. Lokhu kusuka kumaphrojekthi ezindlu ezihlanganyelwayo kuya emiphakathini yasemhlalaphansi eyenzeka ngokwemvelo (noma ama-NORC), lapho omakhelwane besizana khona, kuya ezikhungweni “zokunakekelwa kwempilo” ezitholakala emakhempasi ekolishi noma eduze nawo kuya emadolobhaneni amasha asebathatha umhlalaphansi ahlelwe ngokwepolitiki ehlanganyelwe, ukuthanda umculo. , noma ubunikazi bobulili. Futhi-ke, kunjalo, kukhona Ihhotela Marigold inketho ngendlela yamakoloni adla umhlalaphansi anempilo, amasiko ahlukahlukene njenge-San Miguel de Allende e-Mexico kanye nozakwabo e-Costa Rica, Belize, nakwezinye izindawo.
Naphezu kokuqukethwe kwawo komphakathi okucebile nokufaneleka kakhulu, isivuno samanje samafilimu amazwe ngamazwe mayelana nokuguga singase sibe isibusiso esixubile. Njengoba kunikezwe umuzwa we-copycat we-Hollywood, ukuphinda kwenziwe kabusha kwaseMelika UMarigold or amour ingase ihlelelwe ukukhiqizwa maduze. Futhi uma Uhlu lwamabhakede or Sukumani Bafo-ifilimu yomngane omusha emayelana nokuphithizela kokugcina kwezigelekeqe ezintathu ezindala-yinoma iyiphi inkomba, kungenzeka ibe yimbi kakhulu. Ngaleso sikhathi, amahlaya, ama-pathos, kanye nokulwela ama-communitarian kuthathwe kahle kakhulu Konke Ndawonye futhi Ihhotela elihle kakhulu le-Exotic Marigold izoqhubeka nokudlala empilweni yangempela, lapha naphesheya, lapho kubaluleke khona ngempela.
USteve Early kanye no-Suzanne Gordon bayizintatheli ze-Bay Area ezisebenzisana nencwadi ekhuluma ngokuthi ama-Baby Boomers—ikakhulukazi lawo athonywe iminyaka engamashumi ayisithupha ngokwepolitiki noma ngokwamasiko—abhekana kanjani nokuguga nokuthatha umhlalaphansi. Noma yibaphi abafundi abanolwazi, ukuqonda noma imibono ehlobene nolwazi lwe “abadala abasha” bayanxuswa ukuthi babathinte ku: [i-imeyili ivikelwe]
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