Double Bill: "Brief Encounter" + "Spring in a Small Town"
Brief Encounter (1945) + Spring in a Small Town (1948)
The nation shattered, mountains and river remain.
City in spring, grass, and trees burgeoning.
Feeling the times, blossoms draw tears.
Hating separation, birds alarm the heart.
Beacon fires three months in succession, a letter from home worth ten thousand in gold.
White hairs, fewer for the scratching, soon too few to hold a hairpin up.
The films are mirrors of each other, containing each other's loneliness and yearning. In both, the women attempt to restrain themselves but fall into a paradox. In which the more they resist, the more strongly they love. Although the women ultimately find themselves in the same position as they were by the end of the film, their strength is apparent. Their hearts are bound by more than possession or duty, but by their ability to love and endure.
-SG
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