That Day, on the Beach (1983)

Sylvia Chang: Jiali

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• Jiali : So we've read all these books and taken test after test, but nobody's taught us how to handle the big questions like this. In every book and every movie, it's always the same "They all marry and live happily ever after". But after that? Nobody told us.

• Jiali : The whole society seems designed to tear husband and wife apart. Men have their male places to go, and women have a world of their own. Sunday is the only time left to be together, but you said Sunday is your basketball day. So... what day does that leave for us? I know people who say our problem is we don't have any kids yet. I disagree. If we can't convince even ourselves that life is really about being happy and content, then really... how can we ever bring a child into the world? "Come with me, I'll bring you happiness", that would be irresponsible. Don't you agree? These days I've been sleeping heavily and while I was sleeping I couldn't stop seeing all these years as a just a long dream and our marriage was yesterday... just before the dream. We can forget dreams. Don't we? Can't we?