Uthando lunyamalala kanjani futhi nini ebudlelwaneni? Ingabe kwenzeka kancane kancane noma ngobusuku obubodwa? “Thina” sihlukana kanjani sibe “ngo-“mina” ababili, sibe “yena” kanye “noyena”? Kwenzeka kanjani ukuthi udaka, oluxhume ngokuqinile izitini zomshado, ngokuzumayo luqala ukudilika, futhi isakhiwo sonke sinikeza isithende, sixazulule, singcwaba konke okuhle okwenzekile kubantu esikhathini eside - noma cha - iminyaka? Mayelana nale filimu uNoah Baumbach no-Scarlett Johansson kanye no-Adam Driver.
UNicole uyabaqonda abantu. Ibanika umuzwa wokunethezeka ngisho nasezimeni ezingezinhle. Ngaso sonke isikhathi lalela lokho abanye abakushoyo, ngezinye izikhathi isikhathi eside kakhulu. Uyaqonda ukuthi kwenziwa kanjani okufanele, ngisho nasezindabeni zomndeni eziyinkimbinkimbi. Uyazi ukuthi kufanele aphushe nini umyeni anamathele endaweni yakhe yokunethezeka nokuthi kufanele amshiye nini yedwa. Inikeza izipho ezinhle. Ngempela idlala nengane. Ushayela kahle, udansa kamnandi futhi uyathelelana. Uhlale evuma uma kukhona akwaziyo, engakakufundi noma akubukele okuthile. Nokho - akazihlanzi amasokisi akhe, akazigezi izitsha futhi ngokuphindaphindiwe wenza inkomishi yetiye, angaphinde ayiphuze.
UCharlie akasabi lutho. Akalokothi avumele izithiyo zokuphila kanye nemibono yabanye ukuthi iphazamise izinhlelo zakhe, kodwa ngesikhathi esifanayo uvame ukukhala kumabhayisikobho. Uhlanza kabi, kodwa udla sengathi uzama ukukuqeda ngokushesha ukudla, sengathi akwanele wonke umuntu. Uzimele kakhulu: ulungisa kalula isokisi, upheka isidlo sakusihlwa futhi u-ayina ihembe, kodwa akazi ukuthi angalahlekelwa kanjani nhlobo. Uyakuthanda ukuba ngubaba - uthanda ngisho nalokho okuthukuthelisa abanye: ukucasuka, ukukhuphuka kobusuku. Uhlanganisa wonke umuntu oseduze abe umndeni owodwa.
Babonana kanje, uNicole noCharlie. Baqaphela izinto ezincane ezithokomele, amaphutha ahlekisayo, izici ezingabonakala kuphela ngamehlo othando. Kunalokho, babona futhi baqaphela. U-Nicole noCharlie – abashade nabo, abazali, abalingani enkundleni yeshashalazi, abantu abanomqondo ofanayo – bayadivosa ngoba … abazange bafeze lokho obekulindeleke komunye nomunye? Ingabe ulahlekelwe wena kulo mshado? Uke waqaphela ukuthi niqhelelene kangakanani? Ingabe uzinikele kakhulu, wenza ukuvunyelwa kaningi, ukhohlwe ngawe namaphupho akho?
Isehlukaniso sihlala sibuhlungu. Noma ngabe bekuyisinqumo sakho kwasekuqaleni
Kubonakala sengathi yena noma yena akayazi impendulo eqondile yalo mbuzo. UNicole noCharlie baphendukela ezihlotsheni, izazi zokusebenza kwengqondo kanye nabameli ukuze bathole usizo, kodwa kuba kubi kakhulu. Isehlukaniso sigaya ngomunye umhlathi, kanti abalingani bayizolo abebebambene ngemuva bangene begxekana, bethukana namanye amaqhinga abenqatshelwe.
Kunzima ukukubuka, ngoba uma ususa ukulungiswa kwesilungiselelo, indawo ezungezile kanye nenkundla yobungcweti (inkundla yemidlalo yaseshashalazini yaseNew York iqhathaniswa ne-Los Angeles yasesinema, izifiso zokulingisa eziqhudelana nezinhloso zokuqondisa), le ndaba itholakala yonke indawo ngendlela ethusayo.
Uthi idivosi ihlale ibuhlungu. Noma ngabe bekuyisinqumo sakho kwasekuqaleni. Ngisho noma - futhi ukwazi lokhu ngokuqinisekile - ngenxa yakhe, konke kuzoshintsha kube ngcono. Ngisho noma kudingekile kuwo wonke umuntu. Ngisho noma kukhona, ekhoneni, impilo entsha ejabulisayo ikulindile. Phela, kukho konke lokhu - okuhle, okusha, okujabulisayo - ukwenzeka, isikhathi kufanele sidlule. Ukuze konke okwenzeka kusukela esikhathini samanje esibuhlungu kube umlando, "indaba yomshado" wakho.