“Hôm nay tôi đã xem phim Fingersmith 2005. Tôi chưa từng thấy mình trong một bộ phim nào trước đây. Nhưng tôi đã thấy mình trong ánh mắt của Sue khi cô ấy nhìn Maud — sợ hãi, tham lam, và cuối cùng là dũng cảm. Yêu không phải là lừa dối. Yêu là mở bàn tay ra.”
The film opened slowly, like a fog lifting over the Thames. A young woman named Sue Trinder, raised in a den of petty thieves called the Borough, narrated in a cockney voice sharp as a blade. Linh wrapped her arms around her knees. She recognized the setup: a con. Sue was to pose as a maid to a wealthy heiress, Maud Lilly, and help a gentleman swindler named Rivers trap Maud into a false marriage, then steal her inheritance. Xem Phim Fingersmith 2005
“Today I watched the film Fingersmith 2005. I had never seen myself in a film before. But I saw myself in Sue’s eyes when she looked at Maud — afraid, greedy, and finally brave. To love is not to deceive. To love is to open your hand.” “Hôm nay tôi đã xem phim Fingersmith 2005
And then, in the quietest moment Linh had ever seen in a film, Maud closed her notebook and held out her hand. Palm up. Fingers open. Not a promise, but a question. Sue took it. Yêu không phải là lừa dối