In the first half of the film, in India in the 1980s, poor people, a dirty environment, backward living facilities, and a lonely railway stretched far into the distance. The male protagonist Salo is still a five-year-old boy, and he and his older brother Gudu rely on this railway to earn some living necessities to support their families.
In the pictures similar to the color of the old photos, passers-by, hawkers, woods, ponds, hillsides, paths... are all familiar to Salo. He runs in these places every day, following his brother. All the happiness of a five-year-old child comes from this. It is not necessary to have many material conditions to have simple happiness and spiritual satisfaction.
When going out with his brother, Salo got on a train alone and was taken to Kolkata, 1,600 kilometers away from home. When he was living in Kolkata Railway Station, there was a scene where he was almost caught in the underground passage: (probably) the trafficker caught, kept running, saw the police subconsciously stopped, his instinct seemed to tell him that the police were unreliable (in fact, the police did not want to help him get rid of the traffickers at all), he bypassed the police and continued He ran and came to an empty bridge. The other party stopped chasing him. At this time, he was safe. He looked out at the railing, there were many candles lit by the river bank, he walked over, there were many monks lying there (sleeping at night), and worshipped Buddha statues, he came to the Buddha statues and worshiped, and then took the offerings of food in Eating aside. When he woke up in the morning, the monks were chanting sutras, some people were bathing by the river, some were doing laundry, some were praying, there was garbage floating on the river, and the homeless children were dirty.
This passage has almost no lines, but it is very meaningful. The evil and goodness of human nature cannot be identified by the appearance and the label on the body; the clutter of the environment and the purity of the heart exist regardless of place and time.
Later, the five-year-old Salo was admitted to a welfare institution and was adopted by an Australian couple to live in Australia. The movie does not describe how he integrates into the new family. In fact, for a child who already has memories and is sensible, it is difficult to let oneself forget the original family and adapt to the new environment, but in the movie, there is no such aspect. render. Until 20 years later, with the reminder of his friends, his fragmented memories kept flashing back into his brain, making him want to find his birthplace and relatives.
When an idea becomes an obsession, obsession becomes the whole of life, walking is it, eating is it, and dreaming is it. Salo quit his job and was bored at home every day, trying to find his original home through google earth and scattered memories. When an obsession can't find a breakthrough for a long time, the boredom and irritability can't be controlled. Salo's emotions affect the relationship with his family and his girlfriend. Salo, who was originally very nice, seemed to have suddenly changed, and some commented that he couldn't understand it. This transition was too rigid. In fact, this emotional turning point is not slowly reflected through one thing after another. On the surface, it may be static, it is still work, eating, and socializing, but the anxiety in the heart is stronger day by day, until one day it erupts. . The director used constant flashbacks to Gudu and his mother's memories to express his inner longing and anxiety. Fortunately, this is a miracle that happened in reality, otherwise I would definitely complain about the screenwriter. With google earth and fragmented memory, Salo miraculously found his home.
I thought the relationship between Salo and his girlfriend was irrelevant until Salo was the first to share with his (ex) girlfriend that he had found a home. Yes, it's important about sharing. Some very personal things, or just some insignificant little things, or seeing a scenery, a period of time, just want to be the first person to share with them, who?
The end of the final movie is of course a happy ending. Although I personally think that some characters in this movie are portrayed too positively, too brilliantly, and a little too much. However, the acting of the young actors is really amazing, and the whole storyline is also very touching, and many tears were shed...
Also, the part that the adoptive mother (Nicole Kidman) said about the reason for adopting two Indian children was very touching: we chose not to There are enough people in this world to have children of your own. It is more meaningful to accept a child who is in a difficult situation like you and give you a chance.
I believe that there are many such people in the world who are dedicated to paying for a drop of water for a goal like the ocean.
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