Not long ago I watched a movie directed by Shunji Iwai, starring Apricot Suzuki, Yu Aoi, and Hiroshi Kuo, and this movie was "Flowers and Alice".
I really admire Iwai Shunji because he has y portrayed all the little hearts of little girls when they like a boy in this movie. Hana and Alice are a pair of very close friends who are practically inseparable like sisters even though they are just studying ballet together. When Hana and Alice fall in love with a boy at the same time, Hana is shy and has an inferiority complex, unlike Alice who is outgoing and bold and dares to pursue her love. Hana creates a coincidence and deceives the senior that she is the one he has confessed to. Surprisingly, the mute senior actually believes this little lie, and Hana should be happy because she has finally become Miyamoto's girlfriend in "name only". But as Miyamoto has a series of questions, Hana lies again and again to cover it up, and the balloon of lies keeps expanding to the point of bursting. Alice is also pulled into the scam. Hana wants Alice to play the role of an ex-girlfriend who was dumped by Miyamoto, and Alice happily agrees, thinking she's just doing a small favor, but she doesn't expect to fall into the trap herself.
Miyamoto began to visit Alice frequently after learning that she was his ex-girlfriend. Miyamoto sensed that he was in love with Alice, and he had told Hana and Alice about this feeling separately. And what's even more dramatic is that Alice, who plays the role of the ex-girlfriend, actually falls in love with Miyamoto as well. This is when the conflict in the plot escalates and everyone is faced with a choice, Hana likes Miyamoto first, Miyamoto likes Alice and Alice likes Miyamoto, but Hana and Alice are good friends.
There is a plot I like very much, is that Alice like Miyamoto due to the reason of flower but can not say it, when Miyamoto to Alice confession, Alice two eyes with tears in the eyes look at the beloved, said in Chinese "I love you" Miyamoto asked her what she meant, she said do not tell others oh, she said in Chinese again! Miyamoto asked her what she meant, and she said, "Don't tell anyone," and she said, "Goodbye," in Chinese! Although Alice is a bold and outgoing girl, but when she really face Miyamoto's time despite the heart of a thousand thoughts, despite wanting to jump over and hug him, but she still choose to stand in place to cry.
Originally, Alice was just Hana's accomplice, but later on, Alice could no longer passively resist Miyamoto's temptation, and she began to actively contact him and weave beautiful memories. The moment the lie is exposed, everything is not as bad as it seems. There is some bitterness because the two girls' dreams are shattered, and there is some sweetness because Miyamoto confesses his love to each of them. Hana and Alice are best friends, and if anything can separate them, the biggest obstacle is love. When Hana learns that Miyamoto likes Alice, Hana is heartbroken but she holds back, she chooses to love Miyamoto more tenderly and doesn't blame Alice. There is only one place where Hana and Alice's seemingly joking fight is the truest expression of their hearts, and that is when Alice gets that designated card and says her request for Hana to leave Miyamoto, Hana suddenly freezes and then rushes to let go to fight with Alice, and in the end, Alice ends up with this being a joke, and this is the only time that Hana and Alice have a conflict in this movie.
Miyamoto confessed to both girls separately, and by the end I wasn't sure who Miyamoto really loved, but both Hana and Alice made their choices, which were to choose each other. I love the small, refreshing tone, the friendship between Hana and Alice as they age, and the fluttering of youth.