You are never fully liberated from Auschwitz, 11 July 2016 Author: Red-125 from Upstate New York The French movie "À la vie" was shown in the U.S. with the translated title "To Life (2014)." It was written and directed by Jean-Jacques Zilbermann. The film is a Post-Holocaust saga, although it opens with scenes in Auschwitz that are truly horrific. Hélène (Julie Depardieu) and Lily (Johanna ter Steege) were friends in Auschwitz, and they managed to survive the death march from Auschwitz to Louslau together. A third friend, Rose (Suzanne Clément) was unable to walk, so they were forced to leave her behind. As it turned out, Rose survived until the liberation of Auschwitz. The three did not see each other again until 1962, when they come together for a reunion at a beachside resort in Northern France. We learn early in the movie that Lily divorced her husband after the war, and is living as a "free soul," with no permanent partner. Hélène and Rose both married concentration camp survivors. The plot of the film--based on the lives of three actual friends--revolves around their interactions during the reunion. No matter how much ice cream they eat, and how they display their new bathing suits, thoughts keep circling back to Auschwitz. They quarrel about tiny details which they remember differently. They revive horrible memories. It's clear that the reunion will change their lives, but whether the change will be for the better or for the worse is an open question. For reasons I don't understand, "To Life" caries a terrible IMDb rating of 6.1. Fortunately, we saw it as part of the excellent Rochester Jewish Film Festival. If we hadn't had "All-Event" tickets, we probably would have stayed home. This is a movie to be seen, not missed. Ignore the rating and seek it out. It's available on DVD, and it will work well on the small screen. See it!
整天想着死，去死啊！你这样跟妈妈说话的吗？
American girl, Chinese family.
前期把所有问题都暴露在观众面前 自私控制欲贫穷身份认同 最后仅用亲情化解所有有点偷懒 二女儿更讨喜
3.5 冲突有些刻意，和解有些突兀，可以领会到导演想要表达的意思，但是故事讲得有点浅，不过选择了03年这个时间点简直是“作弊”，太多的回忆杀，代入感太强了。
“我只是希望她能做到更好” “那如果这已经是她能做到的最好呢”
单调却真诚，倾注了沉甸甸的生命体验，刻骨铭心。每一次争吵后混杂着温情和痛苦的余震，对身边人乃至对自己的恨意的反复回荡，当这些真实可感甚至能唤醒记忆的情感的时候，再多技巧都显得多余。
它远算不上完美的电影，移民和SARS的背景都用得不算好，但换一个角度，背景只是背景，它是生活中必然面对的变化与挫折，一个家庭如何处理，如何面对，如何和解才是这部电影真正想讲的东西，它不算好，但它太真实了，太像会发生在我们家中的事情，而电影在一个稍微失真的和解中戛然而止。但，结束了吗？不，生活仍会继续，挫折与变化是人生永难回避的境况，怎么办？4星。
欠缺力道的結局最終怎樣都無所謂了，因為癥結一直未被觸碰。我呢，已經放棄兜兜轉轉在家人與親情之愛之間
片名“美国女孩”，但其实讲的是两种不同文化相互碰撞的家庭故事。很喜欢影片前半呈现出来的生活质感，偶尔的小温情能让人心里暖暖的。影片后半借用当年SARS来套用当下，想要的东西太多，叙事太赶影响了节奏。最后一场家庭大矛盾就草草和解收场，有一种到点打卡下班的感觉。其实还可以表达更多东西，烂尾可惜了。
然而两位主演的表演与单薄的文本形成了惊人的对照，在碎片化的冲突与和解里，母女二人仍然贡献了细腻丰富的表达。
三星半
比《瀑布》细腻太多了，娓娓道来，一切都很好
精心设计的剧本，从细到大处处皆冲突和困境。但感觉女孩对文化和自身身份的认同的展现太过执着，反而忽略了女孩与家庭间关系的更丰富的变化，一直感觉在围着一个问题争吵。而母亲的形象刻画得略表面，希望看到更丰富，反而着墨不多的父亲比较出彩，当然也可能因为他不是那个比较沉的角色更容易有张力。幸好母亲的弱倒是被林嘉欣的美忽略了。感觉不够喉。
这么多年了，林嘉欣身上那种淡淡的味道，还在的呢。电影拍的也就是这种淡淡的味道。陈老师的歌，也淡去了……
讲述中国式的母女关系这不比《瀑布》好？林嘉欣也比贾静雯强十倍，片尾曲居然是陈绮贞唱的！
与其看这些新片不如再重头看一遍杨德昌。
三星半。时代背景与死亡的恐惧交叠，中美文化（意识形态）的拉锯。台湾电影的一大特点，就是所有议题都可以往家庭片里嵌套，属于是万能药。
那如果這已經是她的最好了呢？
2.5/瑣碎的家庭生活呈現已經讓我感到肉疼，但正因為劇目將舞台局限於家庭本身，關於疫病/東亞式教育/cultural shock/生死等問题才無法被真誠且有效的回應(/解答)。
结尾泄气虽然，不过好几场戏的呈现在我这算是准确的
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