Louste Hotel

I watched this American TV series in the early hours of the morning. Eight episodes and eight stories all took place in the same city and the same space-new york. The theme of this play is to interpret colorful urban love songs in the name of love.

This inclusive international metropolis has fulfilled everyone's joys and sorrows and recorded everyone's life trajectory.

In the first episode of the play, this sentence was written at the beginning: being a concierge is your heart.

My understanding of the first story is that even if we are in a materialistic society, there is still warmth hidden around us. The love you feel from one person will warm the whole city.

In the first episode, the male caller's name is Guzmin, who is the concierge of a hotel, and the female caller's name is Maggie, who lives in this hotel.

Guzmin is an Albanian, born in a political family and raised in a reform-through-labour camp. He knows the world well, has lived a variety of lives and has a mysterious past. He stood upright in the streets of new york, his eyes sharp, as if he could see through everything. Day and night changed, and he never fell, as if he were carrying the loneliness and glory of the empire.

He guarded the building as if guarding the story of new york.

The city lights are blurred, and he can see at a glance whether all kinds of men around Maggie are worthy of trust.

For the first time, he judged from ten meters away that this man was not suitable for Maggie. He told her that the man had no self-control and was weak.

The second time, he gave another man a negative in less than 30 seconds.

Maggie didn't believe it many times, but the final result was just as Guzmin judged.

A deep and keen man like Guzmin has virtually become Maggie's dependence.

Guzmin gave her comfort and encouragement when she was pregnant unexpectedly and was at a loss.

She cried and opened the phone book, but she didn't know who to call and didn't dare to call. So she went downstairs and found Guzmin.

He held her and made her cry in his arms. Wordless companionship trumps everything.

Guzmin told her that no one will criticize you, and you can do whatever you want. But don't do it because you are afraid. You are responsible for your own life.

So she said at the beginning, "I can end this." I can't do it alone. "In the end, I decided to give birth to a child and raise it alone.

She is brave and strong.

New york is an inclusive city, accommodating everyone's good and bad experiences. Guzmin taught her to tolerate herself.

She said, "You have been trying to protect me from those bad guys, and now you seem to be encouraging me to live alone."

He replied, "But you are no longer alone."

Maggie stood in the elevator, her eyes full of gratitude and emotion.

Guzmin gave this helpless young girl a reliable shoulder when she first entered the big city.

The definition of love in this story is far higher than love and friendship.

Guzmin's meticulous love and protection for Maggie has nothing to do with lust or interest. He is more like a father and a bosom friend. They warm each other's loneliness and fragility hidden in the light and shadow of the city.

When Maggie showed guzman the baby's X-ray that day, he sighed, "It feels like there is a whole universe here."

Probably a little life in a black-and-white mirror image, which touched his secret past and heart. The loneliness and joy that flashed in his eyes were captured by Maggie.

She tore off a small piece and gave it to him.

Guzmin took it and put it carefully in her arms. The last scene of the film is this piece of light he treasures.

Maggie's belly is getting bigger and bigger, and Guzmin helped her move into the house. He wouldn't let her take part in moving things, but Maggie tried to help several times, but he stopped her.

This is probably the most detailed scene in the film.

Guzmin tried to protect her, but encouraged her to be herself. Whether in feelings or in life, he hopes that she will not be hurt, but he also hopes that she will be independent and become a powerful person.

Luckily, Maggie did it.

When the baby was born, Maggie could hardly hold on. Just then, Guzmin appeared. He stood in the delivery room without saying a word, just looking at her quietly.

When Maggie saw him, she seemed to be greatly encouraged and tried her best to give birth to the baby smoothly. But when she looked at the door again, Guzmin was gone.

This clip impressed me deeply, because this moment of trance made me think, whether Guzmin really came to the delivery room, or what she saw was just her inner image. In this strange city, when she was most helpless and needed encouragement and company, she thought of Guzmin, so he appeared.

He accompanied her dull and lonely life like a god, and has already become the most important person in her life.

When Maggie left the hospital and returned to the hotel with the baby, Guzmin greeted them at the door.

She asked him, "Do you want to hug her?"

Guzmin looked at the sleeping baby and said, next time. Then he carefully took the cradle to the hotel. He didn't dare to move, for fear of waking the lovely little life.

But just as he was about to enter the door, a harsh whistle disturbed him. He suppressed his anger and said in a low voice, "Shh, new york, shut up."

At this moment, Guzmin only has this newborn baby in his eyes. The city was eclipsed by him.

Maggie was amused by his reaction and went forward to open the door.

In the later days, Guzmin played the role of grandpa, accompanying this lovely baby when Maggie was busy.

After a while, Maggie found a new job. But the work place is in Los Angeles.

She had a brief conversation with Guzmin, but it seemed to me that she was saying goodbye to him.

Guzmin understood what she meant, as well as her inner contradictions and worries about the unknown life. So he told her, "Anything is possible."

With these words, Guzmin said "I'm sorry" and then turned his back on Maggie and walked to the door of the hotel. This shot lasted for a few seconds. Maggie looked at Guzmin's back, and he quietly looked at the street. The camera didn't shoot his face, so we can't see his expression clearly, but we can guess his mood at the moment.

Guzmin, who has always been calm and deep, will be buried in the dark.

Five years later, Maggie came back to see Guzmin with a man.

Maggie gave guzman a hug and introduced her new boyfriend to him.

The new boyfriend smiled and said, "I heard that I have to pass some kind of test."

Before he finished, Guzmin said, "You passed."

Maggie and her new boyfriend are surprised. He asked, "What did I do?"

Guzmin replied: "Nothing, her eyes told me. I knew it as soon as I saw her. "

Maggie was still wondering, and Guzmin spoke her mind.

"I have never seen those men, Maggie. I look into your eyes. "

Actually, he has no powers. He just knows Maggie's heart.

Seeing this, I suddenly realized that maybe in this story. Not just Guzmin's love for Maggie. The existence of Maggie makes Guzi sensitive to the value of being needed

In other words, Guzmin warmed Maggie and Maggie saved Guzmin.

The baby who slept in the cradle and made Guzmin say "new york, shut up" has grown into a lively and lovely little girl. She ran down from the car and threw herself into Guzmin's arms.

At the end of the film, Guzmin takes Maggie and the little girl to visit the Natural History Museum. The ending is fixed on the black-and-white X-ray film that Guzmin posted on the table.

The movie stopped, the story didn't stop, and love didn't stop.

City breeds life, life blooms love, and love heals everything.