What is the shooting content of Forever and One Day?

In the film Eternity and One Day, director An Zhe Lopez used his long shot "People in the Landscape" to explore the history and personal belonging of a nation through the camera's swimming. This typical magical realism technique is a way for Angelopoulos to think about the meaning of life. In the film, Alexander and the little boy meet people of different times and identities during their journey, which makes people feel that the whole film is full of seemingly insignificant oracles and revelations, and makes the audience consciously think about eternal themes such as time, life and history. ...

Dirty rain covered the Greek port city of Thessaloniki. Alexander, a writer who is over 60 years old, is lost in memories by the sea in the rain. He seemed to see his childhood self sneaking out of his mother's sight and running down the stairs to the seaside, and his ears echoed with the voice of his mother calling his name when she looked for him. Now he has to move out of the house because his son-in-law doesn't like to follow his dog all the time.

He stood wistfully in the cloister on the second floor and looked into the yard, as if he saw his wife standing in the yard more than 30 years ago. He recalled that one day shortly after his daughter was born, many relatives and friends were invited to visit the newborn baby at home. The noise of relatives and friends filled the living room with flowers. After drinking champagne, people were invited to the seaside again. Grandma sat in black under the gazebo, rocking the white cradle. Surrounded by the blue sky, the sea and the dazzling sunshine, the baby fell asleep. His wife, Anna, picked up the child carefully and showed a happy smile on her face. The sea breeze blows her hair, and the dress can't cover the charm of the young woman. This is a day in life that fascinates Alexander.

But the rain brought Alexander back to reality. He drove through the market, and magnificent and profound music sounded in his ear, symbolizing the lost years.

A group of children who stopped passing cars and asked for a car wash attracted the thoughtful Alexander. Suddenly, the police ran out. Their task is to catch these illegal immigrants. The children were arrested like chickens, and only a boy with the smallest yellow hair happened to escape to Alexander's car. Alexander instinctively dragged the child into the car and quickly began to leave. The child showed no fear and said nothing. Alexander's car drove aimlessly through the street. With a sharp whistle, the boy asked to get off. He went back to his companion.

Another morning, Alexander drove past the market as usual. He happened to find two people cramming those children in the street into a medium-sized truck. Feeling suspicious, he followed, and later found that these children were sold to some rich old couples. The boy he saved was among them. When one of the older boys tried to escape, Alexander handed over his only money and took the yellow-haired boy away.

From the child's mouth, Alexander learned that he was Albanian and there was only one grandmother in the family. Because all hostility was eliminated, the child also agreed that Alexander would send him home. After a bumpy journey, they finally reached the border between Greece and Arabia, but the terrible sight on the border scared away the young and the old. When they saw the fugitives' zombies hanging on the barbed wire like creepers, all ages could only escape.

After going down the mountain, Alexander gave up his car and boarded the bus with his children. There are few passengers in the car and the body moves slowly. When stopping at each stop, Alexander saw different passengers coming up, including poets, revolutionaries holding red flags, four-person music groups and firefighters wearing yellow raincoats passing under the bus ... These people of different times were intertwined in Alexander's mind, and his heart was full of sadness, and he couldn't tell which was his illusion and which was the real scene in front of him.

After returning to Thessaloniki, Alexander and his children witnessed the death of his companion. So all the illegal immigrants gathered in a dilapidated factory to mourn their dead companions, watching the relics of the deceased turn to ashes in the fire, while the living had to continue to struggle for survival.

Sorrow occupied Alexander's heart. Only those flashing moments in memory can light up his heart. He seems to have returned to his wife and relatives by the sea. On the coastline, relatives and friends are enjoying the sunshine and the sea, while my wife is still wandering between the sea and the sky in that skirt with black spots on a white background that makes her lines clear. Suddenly, it began to rain, and everyone quickly ran to the arbor. Someone helped the old man, and his wife ran to him from the seaside. They were soaked to the skin, and they kissed behind invisible rocks. ...

Happy music is slender and quiet, coming from not far away. Alexander left the dock and went to music. At present, it is a real scene, a couple are dancing, and the onlookers are surprisingly quiet. The groom's face is tender and wooden, and the bride is as beautiful as flowers and jade. Looking at all this, Alexander didn't know whether he was happy or worried.

Life is such a cycle. Life is eternal. ...