Pehea a pehea e nalowale ai ke aloha mai kahi pilina? Hiki ke hele mālie a i ka pō paha? Pehea e hoʻokaʻawale ai ʻo "mākou" i ʻelua mau "I", i "he" a me "she"? Pehea e hoʻomaka koke ai ka ʻōpala, ka mea i hoʻopili paʻa i nā pōhaku o ka male, a hāʻawi ka hale holoʻokoʻa i kahi kuʻekuʻe wāwae, hoʻonoho, kanu i nā mea maikaʻi a pau i loaʻa i nā poʻe i nā makahiki lōʻihi - a ʻaʻole paha? No kēia kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻo Noah Baumbach me Scarlett Johansson a me Adam Driver.
Hoʻomaopopo ʻo Nicole i nā kānaka. Hāʻawi iā lākou i ka ʻoluʻolu ʻoiai i nā kūlana ʻino. Hoʻolohe mau i ka ʻōlelo a kekahi, i kekahi manawa no ka lōʻihi loa. Hoʻomaopopo i ka hana ʻana i ka mea kūpono, ʻoiai ma nā mea paʻakikī o ka ʻohana. ʻIke ʻo ia i ka wā e hoʻokuke ai i kahi kāne i paʻa i kāna wahi hōʻoluʻolu a me ka wā e haʻalele ai iā ia. Hāʻawi i nā makana nui. Pāʻani maoli me ke keiki. Maikaʻi ʻo ia i ke kaʻa, hula nani a lele. ʻAe mau ʻo ia inā ʻaʻole ʻo ia i ʻike i kekahi mea, ʻaʻole heluhelu a nānā paha i kekahi mea. Akā naʻe - ʻaʻole ʻo ia e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i kona mau soka, ʻaʻole holoi i nā kīʻaha a hana pinepine i ke kīʻaha kī, a laila ʻaʻole ia e inu.
Makaʻu ʻole ʻo Charlie. ʻAʻole ʻo ia e ʻae i nā pilikia o ke ola a me nā manaʻo o nā mea ʻē aʻe e hoʻopilikia i kāna mau hoʻolālā, akā i ka manawa like ʻo ia e uē pinepine ai i nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni. He hoʻomaʻemaʻe weliweli ʻo ia, akā ʻai ʻo ia me he mea lā e hoʻāʻo nei e hoʻopau koke i ka meaʻai, me he mea lā ʻaʻole lawa ka meaʻai no kēlā me kēia. He kūʻokoʻa loa ʻo ia: hoʻoponopono maʻalahi ʻo ia i ka sock, kuke i ka ʻaina ahiahi a hao i ka pālule, akā ʻaʻole ʻo ia i ʻike pehea e nalowale ai. Makemake ʻo ia i ka makua kāne - makemake ʻo ia i nā mea e hoʻonāukiuki ai i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe: ka huhū, ke ala ʻana o ka pō. Hoʻohui ʻo ia i nā mea a pau e pili ana i hoʻokahi ʻohana.
ʻO kēia ke ʻano o lāua ʻo Nicole lāua ʻo Charlie e ʻike ai kekahi i kekahi. ʻIke lākou i nā mea liʻiliʻi ʻoluʻolu, nā hemahema ʻakaʻaka, nā hiʻohiʻona hiki ke ʻike wale ʻia me nā maka aloha. Akā, ʻike lākou a ʻike. ʻO Nicole lāua ʻo Charlie – nā kāne, nā mākua, nā hoa pili i ke kahua kiʻiʻoniʻoni, nā poʻe like like – ke hemo nei no ka mea… Ua nalowale anei ʻoe iā ʻoe iho i kēia male? Ua ʻike anei ʻoe i ka mamao o ʻoukou? Ua kaumaha nui paha ʻoe, ua ʻae pinepine, poina iā ʻoe iho a me kāu mau moeʻuhane?
He ʻeha mau ka hemo ʻana. ʻOiai ʻo kāu hoʻoholo i ka wā mua
ʻAʻole ʻo ia a ʻo ia hoʻi ka ʻike i ka pane pololei i kēia nīnau. Huli ʻo Nicole lāua ʻo Charlie i nā ʻohana, nā psychologists a me nā loio no ke kōkua, akā ʻoi aku ka ʻino. ʻO ke kaʻina o ka male male ʻana iā lāua ʻelua, a ʻo nā hoa i nehinei, ʻo lākou ka poʻohiwi a me ke kua o kekahi i kekahi, paheʻe lākou i loko o nā hoʻopiʻi like ʻana, nā ʻōlelo hōʻino a me nā mea hoʻopunipuni ʻē aʻe.
He mea paʻakikī ke nānā aku, no ka mea, inā ʻoe e lawe i ka hoʻololi ʻana no ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana, ke kaiapuni a me ka ʻoihana ʻoihana (theatrical New York versus cinematic Los Angeles, acting ambitions versus directorial intentions), he mea weliweli kēia moʻolelo.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia he ʻeha mau ka hemo ʻana. ʻOiai ʻo kāu hoʻoholo i ka wā mua. ʻOiai inā - a ʻike maopopo ʻoe i kēia - mahalo iā ia, e loli nā mea a pau no ka maikaʻi. ʻOiai inā pono ia no nā mea a pau. ʻOiai ma laila, ma ke kihi, kahi ola hauʻoli hou e kali nei iā ʻoe. Ma hope o nā mea a pau, no kēia mau mea - maikaʻi, hou, hauʻoli - e hiki mai, pono e hala ka manawa. No laila ua lilo nā mea a pau mai ka wā ʻeha i ka moʻolelo, kāu "moʻolelo male".