《天堂孤影》是一部由阿基·考里斯马基执导，马蒂·佩龙帕 / 卡蒂·奥廷宁 / 萨卡里·库斯曼嫩主演的一部喜剧 / 爱情类型的电影，特精心从网络上整理的一些观众的影评，希望对大家能有帮助。

　　《天堂孤影》影评(一)：北欧色彩&驶向社会主义苏联的船

　　色彩很北欧 冷 蓝色和黄色的色调

　　老旧的房间和旧电器 营造出一种很无产阶级的气氛

　　最后驶向爱沙尼亚塔林（当时还属于苏联）的船，上面还有大大的镰刀锤子标记，似乎带着某种政治寓意——在资本主义的芬兰工人阶级生活在水深火热之中，驶向社会主义的苏联就是驶向天堂呀~~~

　　如果是在冷战结束苏联解体之后再拍的这部片子，或许就完全是另一种意味了吧。。。

　　《天堂孤影》影评(二)：困苦中的浪漫 清冷中的唯美

　　我真是爱死了aki的片子。影片的每一小部分抽出来都很平凡现实冷酷，那是社会最底层的小人物的困苦生活。而所有的情节凑在一起，却真的是带有超现实主义的浪漫色彩。结尾美妙极了，像一首散文诗，像一幅水粉画，像一曲温婉的夜曲，动人心脾。

　　在aki的故事里，男主人公都很完美，兼具善良、正直、勇敢与柔情，甚至还会有一点文艺青年的小调调。aki影片中的爱情并不轰轰烈烈，却总是突如其来，而后又坚定不移。在天堂孤影里，女主并非一下就爱上了男主，她犹豫了，面临失业的困扰，她走投无路，但又不甘心和一个垃圾清理工在一起。是选择一种更好的生活还是选择一个更好的男人，女主最后问：“你能养活我们两个人吗？”他回答：“小菜一碟。”

　　你能明白吗，当你真的经历过这样的生活时，真的经历过这样的选择时，你会明白，当你被放弃时你亦会明白，那四个字并不一定是真，却是真的勇气与责任。我想任何好的作品寻求的不是画面中虚置的人为的解读过程，而是心领神会，而是唤起那些自我阅历产生的共鸣。这或许会教人强化自己心灵里的自我意识，感知身边发生的一切，或许抑制住关于未知的冲动情绪，或许勇敢地开解自己渐渐地释然。即使皆非如此，至少涌起的感动能让人觉得自己并非麻木。

　　aki的故事中同样钟爱友情，配得起朋友二字的那个人总是能够无条件地奉上友情。最后是巨大的商船带他们离开，奔向前方，未知的新生活。

　　看看aki的片子吧，教男人学会如何做一个男人，看看aki的片子吧，真的很棒！

　　《天堂孤影》影评(三)：给我一杯断肠酒

　　“给我一杯断肠酒”是我下载电影版本里面的一句台词，翻译得准不准确尚且不论，但这个通常出现在宋词里面的词语却给这部本来有些酸楚苦涩的电影增添了些许黑色幽默的滋味感觉。

　　导演拍了三部曲，而且是让很多人不齿的蓝领三部曲，蓝领在中国意味着什么？意味着一辈子不见天日，又或者是抬不起头做人，在朋友聚集的时刻还要扮演被人奚落嘲笑的角色，这真是可怕。我从来就很抗拒蓝领，在看这部电影之前，但当我看过之后，我并不觉得做一个蓝领有什么令人不妥的地方了，只不过，是在芬兰，又或者是在天堂里面。

　　芬兰是诺基亚的故乡，不知道这家公司每年能从中国人手里掏出多少人民币外汇，电影里面的芬兰并不像我想象中的那样漂亮，甚至不干净。

　　蓝领们每天一大早起床上班，比如电影里面的男主角，他是收垃圾的，这些人穿着制服，开车，上路，停车，收垃圾，中午吃午饭，然后在日落时分下班，结束一天的生活。

　　简简单单的生活有什么不好，而男主角的朋友，一个干了几十年的老男人这时异想天开要开一间公司，还想好的广告词什么“值得信赖的垃圾回收，始于1986”这真是疯狂的事情，而且这个双眼浮肿发黑的老男人还有一个令人叫绝的理由，他不想死在车轮下，他要死在办公桌后面。死就是死，死在哪里又有什么区别呢。

　　结果，他真的死在车轮下，导演那个镜头刚好是他躺在车轮下面，头靠在车轮边上。

　　收了几十年垃圾，到最后死也死在垃圾场里，如果这个人生下来就知道他要干这个干一辈子，连死都要和垃圾在一起，他一定会想的更多。

　　男主角，这个男人是导演的御用主角了，导演的每部电影好像都有他，这个其貌不扬，有点小滑稽的背头，头发留的还挺长。

　　电影里本来简单的生活被一个超市女员工打破了，他和她相恋之后，他以为自己可以重新开始一种新的有些意义的生活，他每晚都去上课所学的英语说不定可以派上用场，他们可以到一个更好的地方，他找一份更好的工作，他们结婚。

　　但是，几天的欢愉之后，她还是觉得沉默单纯的他没有意思，她又离开他，寻找新的自由。

　　“给我一杯断肠酒”于是，当他的胖同事来找他一起上班的时候，他带着墨镜直躺在床上。当他说他死也不去的时候， 下一个镜头又直接切到影片开头那组工作的画面，男主角还是机械地站在垃圾场的尾部，右手拉动滑杆。

　　音乐也无法让他释怀失恋的痛苦，他还是想着那个让他心动的女孩，于是他不顾一切地找到了她，要与她一起离开那个伤心失意的地方。

　　末尾 ，轮船在阴霾寒风细雨中缓缓驶向远方，深蓝的海水在风中起伏滚动，一首老式的摇滚歌曲响起，就像歌词里面所说的那样：“生活本来就是痛苦的……”他们的未来也终究逃不过苦难，但他们很快乐，因为他们找到了生活中真正值得珍惜的东西。

　　《天堂孤影》影评(四)：大师之路

　　所谓的大师，往往是具有独特的、风格化的特点，希区柯克的悬疑，卓别林的肥裤子大头鞋小胡子，成龙的精巧武打喜剧，周星驰的无厘头等就是很好的例子。这就像相声演员，经过多年反复的精心培养，在观众心目中塑造出条件反射一般的喜感一样，一种题材，拍的久了，成为了标签，想起来某类型影片就想起来某人，大师塑造也就成功了。这是电影大师的成功之路。

　　芬兰电影大师阿基·考里斯马基，影片关注的是社会底层小人物，或车间工人，或垃圾清运工，或裁缝，或保安，极少的对白，冷淡的表情，年龄大约三十左右的未婚大龄青年，安分守己的努力工作，休闲也就是喷云吐雾的吸根烟，或者喝一杯。机器大多架在三脚架上拍，偶尔用点轨道、高位摇臂，手持极少，镜头舒缓，后期剪辑不是那种凌厉的快镜头短镜头，营造平淡普通悠长的感觉，注重演员在冷漠面容下表情细微的刻画，眼神，嘴角，以及肢体语言的细微表达，多用半身及特写镜头。色彩丰富，在冷基调上常使用一点大红来代表温暖和希望。场景多是旧厂房、简陋的家、小酒馆等，设备陈旧，纹理斑驳，质感细腻耐看。音乐从歌词到曲调，极好的烘托了气氛。整个片子文艺范十足，思想上大量使用留白，给观众留出思考的空间，并引导观众对生活反思。

　　在这部天堂孤影中，男主角是个垃圾工，偶遇女主，两人相爱。女主对未来担忧，离开了男主。男主下定决心找到女主破镜重圆。女主傍上了一个小老板，于是犹豫了，是过一种更好的物质生活，还是嫁给一个贫穷但更爱自己的垃圾工？结尾二人坐船驶向远方，虽然大风吹起层层叠叠的浪花，大船一往直前，应该是寓意着有一个幸福的未来吧。

　　我印象很深的地方有四处:

　　一.女主穿着大红衣服的几个镜头，很有味道。

　　二.工友说“我要开公司，挣钱带老婆旅游，我都说了很多年了，我不想死在垃圾车上”。结果是猝死在垃圾车边，带老婆出国旅游的愿望没有达成。人生往往就是如此。呵呵，想干啥现在就抓紧干吧，时不我待啊。

　　三.男主坚持学外语，不管他最后是否能用上，只要努力，就会有收获，就会有更美好的明天，因为那证明了你有一种叫“努力”的美好品格。

　　四.导演总是把商业片必须的激烈打斗场面给忽略掉。男主踢破门冲进去，镜头静止，下一个镜头就是在警察局里了。薄暮之光的保安为了狗跟人打架，坏蛋放下啤酒出门，然后是坏蛋回来喝啤酒，下一个镜头是鼻青脸肿的保安在路边走，浮云世事餐厅打架，女主走出画面右边，然后回来把夺下的刀放下，火柴厂女工坐在椅子上听音乐，等着父母被毒死，向地上看一眼然后出门等，我们虽然没看到打斗或死亡倒地的画面，但是脑补完成了，不走寻常路，反而更有味道。

　　阿基的大师塑造成功了，因为他只作一种风格。我们的张艺谋，塑造了文艺范风格，后来尝试各种类型的片子，虽然依然不错，但是对他大师标签的定位却是不利。冯小刚也是这样，喜剧大师这些年着重拍怀旧文艺片，对喜剧大师的名号也是一种削弱。或许，他们能塑造一种多姿多彩的艺术风格，但这种十项全能型的大师，那是宗师，是巨匠，是极难成型的。祝他们成功！

　　《天堂孤影》影评(五)：你知我有多孤单？

　　看考里斯马基的电影总是有趣的。

　　特别偏爱的演员老是那几位，这部的A角是另外一部里的B角，随便一个路人看着都眼熟。还有以墙挂照片露脸的方式客串纪念（《没有过去的男人》，马蒂·佩龙帕），简直就像找茬儿和连连看游戏，观众屡玩不爽。加上他的影像环境停留在充满复古色彩的80年代，时间的变幻与几位演员的轮番登场给我造成混淆，所以曾在某一刻（《勒阿弗尔》中主角的妻子，扮演者卡蒂·奥廷宁出场时），我感叹道，天啊，她竟然这样老了！

卡蒂·奥廷宁，《天堂孤影》

　　你也会不自主的将这些演员曾经诠释的各个角色相互代入，比如《升空号》中的狱友正是《天堂孤影》里勇敢夺爱的男主角，当他说自己犯下凶杀罪时，你就会觉得他必定是情杀无疑；当《薄暮之光》的保安小哥（詹·海帝安饰）出现在相隔10多年的《希望的另一面》中时，你便会想啊，这么多年过去了，不知他与那个默默爱他的餐车女孩生活的如何？

詹·海帝安（右），《薄暮之光》

　　相似而模糊的角色设置与固定的演员班底，在为阿基电影营造流畅延续感的同时，也成为隐藏其中的特殊彩蛋。所以，不要再说谁谁谁是熟脸了，既然影像记录他们的体态面容正在阿基呈现出变与不变的空间容量之中，那么就把这当作是他们真实的人物串场吧。

　　充斥着高昂歌声的赫尔辛基，永远干净与萧瑟并存的街道，不变的电车与餐馆，门口揣着手抽闷烟的男男女女，万般苦涩，往日时光。数十年如一部，被从不超过90分钟时长的影像尽收到底。

　　作为阿基考里斯马基“无产阶级三部曲”第一部的《天堂孤影》，便是由上文提到，与他合作最多的男女演员（马蒂·佩龙帕与卡蒂·奥廷宁）共同主演的电影。

马蒂·佩龙帕，《天堂孤影》

　　熟悉考里斯马基的影迷都知道，他的电影主题永远是“孤独与希望”。

　　开场十分钟，被朋友拉伙一起创业的男主角，经历了惊喜与意外的几度波折。转机总是赶不上危机，还没说几句话，他那壮志踌躇的老朋友，作为未来好生活的希望象征，就那样死在了垃圾车下。

　　相比较而言，阿基的前期作品似乎更冷、更狠、更加直接。人物的苦涩和反应的主动性更大一些，影片同情的眼光则更淡，暖意也没有那么突出，甚至都不曾出现，这一点体现在《火柴厂女工》里尤为明显。

卡蒂·奥廷宁，《火柴厂女工》

　　似乎还没有走到被社会无情践踏后，于爱情中求得栖息之所的那一步，《天堂孤影》中的男女主角，就是那么纯粹地、一见钟情地，谈了场真实无比的恋爱。也是从这一部起，我们开始看到爱情，是如何在底层人民无奈挣扎的生活当中产生波澜的。

　　对于男主角，哪怕我只是个垃圾工，我没钱，我性子闷，一旦爱上了，我就要对你好。有情敌，我也要坚强。你走了，我还是爱你，生活残酷，却有希望，因为我不相信你那么没有良心。看着吧，我正好好学习英语呢，最后我总能带着牛气与自信，让你跟我走；

　　对于女主角，一言不合就被辞退的操蛋日子真是过够了，生活的窘境让我看不到爱情的光。不是非你不可，我在犹豫、观察和试探着呢。我爱上了你，可我不甘心。我跟别人好了，我终于进来高级餐厅吃饭了。知道吗，我记得跟你来过这里，但是那次没位子。跟不喜欢的人在一起，你知道我有多孤单？爱真让人伤脑筋，但我不能违背自己的心；

　　而朋友呢？他知晓一切。

善解人意的朋友兼工作伙伴

　　高福利政策下的芬兰让你衣食无忧，不必冻死街头，不必饿坏肚子，但你仍旧是孤独的。你的孤独和无助没人管，你受到的冷漠与轻视无人过问；别人骗了你，你安慰自己这没什么；爱人离开了，你也只能放着狠话，你何不现在立刻就走？

　　引发孤独异化的冷漠危机，是阿基电影故事中的大敌。它可能是《希望的另一面》中的移民局，《升空号》和《薄暮之光》里的小法院，也会是火柴厂女工那双无情的父母……在《天堂孤影》中，女主角供职的超市就是一台冷酷机器， 它将女主角推入爱情热浪，也用地位和阶级的思想，渗透给她对于爱的踌躇不定。

“你何不现在就走？”

　　与此同时，学习英文的男主角还没有放弃努力。

　　录音机里发问：“And it's a lot of fun too, to be in love. Do you think so？ ”

　　他急忙按下暂停键，一字一句的录下回答：我对这个话题相当熟悉。

　　还有面对女友的突然变卦，他不甚关心原因，只是目不转睛的说完狠话，接受了一个离别的吻，没表情的带上墨镜。朋友问他病了吗，回答，是的。我们还去收垃圾吗？不去。看着这一幕幕的我，有点想笑，又很想哭。

你带给我的只有悲伤和痛苦/但那没关系/我能装作无所谓/我不会告诉别人/如果你现在离开我/我将心碎/但不会表露出来/……

　　女主角那一次匆匆离开，右手拎着全部家当，左手则拿着一个收音机。阿基电影中，无数次出现了唱片机、车载音响、收音机，最热烈的地方永远是有乐队演奏的酒吧。人们静静地听着，喝着酒，内心深处暗流涌动，表面却只有烟雾缭绕。沉默寡言，擅长冷眼旁观的北欧人啊！心思都在歌声里，爱恨从不愿说出口，那种冲动与无畏，单纯与浪漫，伤感和纯情，全归给阿基一手的音乐好品味上了。

从垃圾车里捡出来一张唱片

　　啥都没有也没关系，还有音乐唱出我心声，总能把丢了的爱找（夺）回来；要我一辈子干垃圾行当我自然是毫无怨言，但我不能给冰冷机器打工，要我死在硬邦邦的车轮之下，这才是我最不能接受的人生——既是阿基影像中，乐观、朴实、忠诚又浪漫，倔强而勤奋、一意孤行、说一不二、眼里不揉沙子的芬兰人。

　　谁都有资格追求爱情。哪怕是个垃圾工，也可以拼尽全力向往更好的生活；爱情是平等的，哪怕是在这不甚公平和充满压迫的社会。

　　最后，《天堂孤影》以阿基的特有方式迅速扭转。

　　甩了服装店老板，他是谁？不认识。

　　男女主角一下子硬气了起来，抛下一切，“私奔”前往塔林。值得注意的是，这种临时起意式的冒险和逃离，在其后面作品中逐渐形成风格。

　　这样看来，“无产阶级三部曲”是可以被戏称为“逃离三部曲”的。而且，相比较《升空号》的坐着船驶向未知，以及《火柴厂女工》更为绝望的悲剧结局，《天堂孤影》中的“跟我一起去塔林吧”浪漫大胆，让人对爱情和未来都充满向往。栖息在孤独中的两人，终于可以摆脱生活暗影了。

　　即便是在高福利的芬兰，也会有很多不完美、不如意的事情发生，也会有寄居社会边缘的可怜人存在，也会有人受伤流泪，也会有人需要关心和关爱，需要尊重。阿基考里斯马基用这一种不变的视角给予他们同情，用在影像中创造美好而平等爱情的方式为他们的希望建造梦巢。电影里的happy ending未必都能顺利实现，但这份愿望也能算作另一面的希望，不是吗？

　　请记住，孤独是常态，而爱能带来薄暮之光。

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　　《天堂孤影》影评(六)：My Questions on Shadows in Paradise

　　Actually this is one of my assignments from my foreign teacher who recommended us to watch and ponder on the film. I use plain language to share some of my thoughts here with you and hope you guys will enjoy it!

　　Feel free to comment!

　　Questions:

　　How to understand the characters in the movie Shadows in Paradise？

　　What does the ship which is going off at the end of the movie symbolize？

　　ossible Answers:

　　After watching the film first time, I felt it a comedy with happy ending. However, when I watch the film a second time, I feel depressed, and I have a totally different feeling from the first time. I regard it as an ideal dream of the working class rather than a simple comedy of the workers. This film reminds me of The Flies, which we’ve read last semester. Both of the film and the article are talking about the stories of the same class, the lower working class, which has nothing glamorous but unique. As we all know, paradise represents a bright and joyful image, so how come there are some shadows in paradise？ This is the question occurred to me when I first read the title of the movie. Trying to understand the film and the theme, I approach to the understanding of the characters first.

　　In the movie, there are two main characters and four other characters. I’d like to divide them into different groups according to the different criteria for the sake of better understanding of the characters.

　　Attitudes towards Life

　　1.Positive: Make a change

　　2.Negative: Stay in comfort zone

　　According to the attitudes towards life, I categorize the characters into two groups: make a change and stay in comfort zone.

　　What I’m most impressed by this movie is that the characters’ desire to make a change. Firstly, the coworker of Nikander, who had a dream to travel around the world with his wife, wanted to run a company by himself. He was fed up with the current job for twenty-five years and he was longing for change. He was so positive towards life, but he worked too hard and prepared a lot for his dream. He even died when he was working. This makes me think of those events in nowadays society, which are the premature deaths of the elites in society. As we all know, if we want to gain something, we have to pay the price sooner or later. However, those premature dead people are working too hard to stand. Although they are positive towards life and willing to make a change, they overwork to make up the lost. Their attitudes towards life should be appreciated, but their method of wealth accumulation should not be complimented. As Confucius has said, enough is as good as a feast. We should be satisfied when we have enough sources. This is probably a correct method of making a change.

　　econdly, the main character, Nikander, is also a member of the positive group. He was willing to be a foreman when his coworker suggested him to be and he learned English after work in order to improve himself. He kept on trying, kept on making a change even he was only a garbage collector, a blue-collar worker. Even though he hadn’t a decent job, he kept everything of his life in order: he went to work on time every day, cooked dinner for himself, and folded his clothes tidily. In my opinion, arranging one’s daily life in order itself is a kind of positive act. The others may have held him in contempt, but the most important thing is that he never looks down upon himself and he is always positive towards life.

　　Last but not the least, the partner of Nikander, a jobless person who was arrested in the jail before, was positive as well. He was willing to work and wanted to make a change in his life. He began changing from getting a job, helping Nikander, visiting Nikander when he was crossed in love and taking care of Nikander when he was in the hospital. They were trying to make a change in their life and struggling in the working class.

　　In this movie, the characters, though in the inferior status and lower working class, I think are optimistic towards life except Liona’s attitude was controversial.

　　Liona went through a lot but she seldom took action to make a change in the previous half of the movie. When she was fired for no reason, she chose to steal the money box and avoid the reality. She requested Nikander to drive her out of the town. In my viewpoint, if she really wanted to make a change, she should use some practical and legal methods rather than this illegal and negative means. Because she must know the result that she would stand accused of theft by the police after she returned home. That is to say, she must know this act will not work and all these would be in vain at the start of her plan. So what’s the point doing this if she really wanted a change in life？ She could have appealed to law or the Labour Union for getting a reasonable reply of her unemployment. But she didn’t. From this aspect, she seemed to be negative towards life because she just tried to avoid the cruel reality.

　　However, taking her act at another thought, she was still trying even when she was sure to fail. She attempted to make a change and get hold of her own life, though the method she adopted didn’t work. Thus we may interpret this act as a positive attitude of her deep heart from this aspect. What’s more, she was still positive towards life when she chose to leave with Nikanda in the end. This was also an act that she tried to make a change in her life. Probably getting on the ship with Nikander was a signal of revolution.

　　To sum up, Liona had both of the positive and negative attitudes towards life which made her attitude controversial. Above all is how I understand the characters from the perspectives of attitudes towards life.

　　ocial Status

　　1.Upper Class

　　2.Lower Class

　　This movie is mainly talking about the life in the lower working class. The major characters are just like the representative of the lower class in society. They don’t have decent job or well-paid salary, let alone the high-class network in society. They looked more serious and sober. Liona, was the most typical characters of the lower class. She seldom showed a smile on her face, probably because there was nothing worth smiling about in the life of lower class. We know the life of the lower class from her. She was fired the third time for no reason; she turned to steal for revenge because she was unemployed; she had to live in Nikander’s house for accommodation; she had to find a job with the help of men; she had to eat hamburger besides the road rather than have dinner in the restaurant. Those people in lower class had something in common with her.: they haven’t got steady jobs and networks to help.

　　Like Liona, Nikander was also a typical character in the lower class. He was looked down upon by the waiter in the restaurant and the manager of the shop because his dress and job. Through their life, we know the life of lower class is full of bitterness and prejudice. This environment is like the shadows existing in society. Anything glamorous doesn’t belong to them. We’re usually attracted by the paradise, the halo of upper class; however, after watching the film, I know that we can’t overlook the shadows, the dark side of society.

　　Unlike the lower class, the people in the upper class enjoyed the well-paid salary, stable job and the better quality of service. The manager of the clothes shop could be categorized into this group. He could offer Liona a job; he could have dinner in the restaurant and never bother whether there was a seat or not. The people in upper class enjoy the privileges and live a more comfortable life than those in lower class.

　　This is how I understand the characters from the perspective of different social status.

　　Attitudes towards Love

　　1.Confused

　　2.Persistent

　　The love story served as a main thread through the whole movie. To understand their attitudes towards love is of great importance. Liona was confused about love when she was in the crossway to make a decision between the manager and Nikander. These two alternatives represented bread and love, the permanent topic in our reality. She was so confused that she didn’t know which to choose. Bread or love, that is a question. Liona first was a realistic lady when she chose the manager, the bread in life. Because she knew she could not live without a job and money. I quite agreed with her first decision. After all, life is cruel. However, she finally looked into her deep heart and found out the real answer, the true love in human. She chose to believe in the power of love so she took an act to leave with Nikander in the end. This is her final decision and attitude towards love.

　　Concerning love, Nikander was everything that Liona wasn’t. He was persistent, faithful and loyal to love. He let Liona live in his house for shelter; he gave the money back to the manager of supermarket for Liona; he never gave up Liona even when she had another man. His persistence towards love won Liona’s heart eventually.

　　This is how I understand the characters from the perspective of attitudes towards love.

　　After analyzing the characters in the movie, I have a better understanding of the theme. The ship also which is going off at the end of the movie makes me think a lot. I have to say the director of the film is a genius because he leaves enough space for the audience to ponder and reflect after watching it, especially the ending part, a marvelous job.

　　When the ship was sailing out in the end, the audience may think where were they going？ How was the future life of them？ These are the questions I think about. I believe many other people may think alike.

　　On the surface, the ship with Liona and Nikander on it symbolizes the happy ending of the couple. They finally got together and went for the honeymoon. They took an act and made a change in their life regardless of reality. They may probably have a romantic cruise or a fantastic journey. However, is life really so simple？ Does their destination really exist？ This ending makes me think of the happy endings of the fairy tales. As we all know, the endings of the fairy tales are like this: from now on, the prince and princess live a happy life forever. Nothing more is described about their future marriage life. But we can guess their life full of pressure and trivial daily troubles. They are the noble so they must be under the pressure of royalty and public. What’s more, they have to deal with those daily necessities let which they seldom concern about before marriage. They have to face to the reality after all. Can they live a happy life forever？ That ending just can cheat those children who have never taste the bitterness of the life.

　　imilarly, Nikander and Liona are like the prince and princess, who have to face to the reality and have to struggle in the shadows of society after their cruise. Life is never so simple that we can find a place without troubles and tensions. The ship at the end of the movie is like our life, which is dynamic and full of uncertainties. Nikander and Liona wish to be happy and out of pressure from work and society. The ship which was sailing away, like floating up to the paradise, can symbolize the hope of a new life, the paradise in their heart. In their minds, the ship will lead them to the paradise, where they can be away from the shadows in society; nevertheless, that place doesn’t exist. Wherever we are, whoever we are, we still have to tackle those troubles in life. The lyrics of the song at the end of the film “life itself is painful” also tell us the essence of life lies more in its bitterness than in sweetness.

　　We don’t know what’s going on in their life, but their future is open to our predictions.

　　Maybe they will live an undramatic life in the future and everything will like the same as usual when they are back. Liona may be busy with finding a new job; meanwhile, Nikander may do the routine garbage-man work everyday. Although their life is full of dull work and uneasy things, they might still feel very happy and satisfied in deep heart. As we all know, the definition of happiness varies from person to person. Happiness to them may mean the satisfying feeling in their heart rather than wealth and reputation.

　　Who knows maybe they will live a dramatic life？ Nikander and Liona may find some commercial opportunities during their journey and they might run their own business in the future. Very soon, they may gain a huge amount of money and climb up to the upper class.

　　What’s more, maybe they live in a much more miserable life than before. Liona may probably lose the job and have to struggle in job searching when they are back. Society is competitive and tough. If there is no vacancy for her, she won’t probably earn a living. The same case may also happen to Nikander. He is only a blue collar in the lower class and he might be fired someday for no reason like Liona. Then their life will be a mess and miserable.

　　The ship gives me a lot of imaginations and these are the three possibilities I can think of about their future.

　　ack to the ship, it will lead us to far shore, but we will never know where is our destination and when will we be there. Our life experience is like the ship, sailing in the endless ocean, fighting with the storms, waiting to get to another shore without clear destination. Like Lin Yutang said before, life is like a dream. Everything is changing on the way, but the most important thing is that Nikander and Liona have found out the things that worth cherishing in their life, which is love.

　　In a nutshell, the ship symbolizes our life, which is full of ups and downs, and filled with uncertainties. What’s more, the happy ending of the main characters is just a dream and the place where they leave for is the paradise in their hearts, which doesn’t exist.