There is a feeling that people could never get rid of : solitude. In any time of your life, you would often face this feeling being alone, even though you are with people you really love. Because it’s not a matter of being with people, it’s a matter of finding yourself. And the journey would never end until you kick the bucket.

Bob and Charlotte were in the same moment, the solitude moment. They came across each other in Tokyo, the best place to be isolated from people, their cultures, and everything they are familiar with, being from the United States. Not surprisingly, they soon became close and found the loneliness in them. But that was just an ostensible reason explaining their loneliness. Then, where did the loneliness exactly come from? Bob was lonely because of his family that seemingly doesn’t have any more role for him. Charlotte was also lonely, getting tired of the marriage, because of her husband who keeps saying I love you, but doesn’t show much affection. And at the moment, in the place, there was no other person to empathize their feeling, but each other. I guess if there was a magical ingredient accelerating relationships, it would be sympathy and empathy. 계속 읽기 “Review : Lost in Translation”