the page turner

the story of the movie

A ten-year-old Melanie sees her childhood dreams of becoming a professional musician, but in a competition, a famous concert pianist who is her examer distracted her by signing an autograph. with the dream died, she decided to never touch piano again.

10 years later, fateful slight, shy, quiet Mélanie was working as an intern for the law firm, because of the trust from her boss, he hired her as a governess to his son, and also he hope she can help his wife who is a pianist and suffered a car accident few years ago that she had some psychological troubles to perform.With the knowledge of piano Melanie had before, she became a good assistant as a page turner of the pianist. The pianist got a big success in a concert with Melanie's help, and the pianist began to rely on her. After that, when the pianist was singing an autograph for others, she went away. At last, the pianist found her, however, Melanie gave her a kiss which mixed love and hate. In the next big comeback concert, Melanie went away, and the pianist failed the perform.

Finally, the pianist forgave her, she gave her an autograph with the words " I love you, Melanie. You changed my life..." before Melanie left, but Melanie didn't bring it away and put that in her boss's room. when the pinanist's husband came to her with the autograph, she suddenly found out that her career and family were broken. The pinanist is that examer who broke Melanie's dream.

Melanie was walking on the street with a satisied smile...

my feeling with the movie

This is one of my favorite movies.

This movie ask a deeper question, when you face the situation which has both love and hate, which one do you choose? The character of human beings is complex, under the cold face of Melanie, she also wants to give herself a excause to forgive the pianist, in the conflict of love and hate, she finally chooses hate. I really like that kiss after the first successful perform, it's the last kiss which shows Melanie's respects to the pinanist, it also means the beginning of soft vengeance, I believe this kind of vengeance is the most harmful to others' feeling, because it's sellout, especially being betrayed by the person you trust and love most.