"Scorched Earth": Another extreme release and cruel interpretation of human suffering

Kayleigh 2022-04-19 09:01:49

Radiohead's "You and Whose Army?" sounded in the opening sequence, and the sad song accompanied by the image of the orphanage boy crying and his hair shaved was enough to impress the audience who didn't know the direction of the plot. The next story drags the audience step by step into a dark and helpless abyss. After the death of their mother, the two brothers and sisters search for their brother and father according to the will. I came to the country where my mother left blood and tears, and embarked on a journey to relive that unbearable memory road. The mother who was born in a JDT family fell in love with a Palestinian MSL refugee and became pregnant. However, her boyfriend was killed by her brother in the name of honor. She was rescued by her grandmother and gave birth to a boy. The grandmother left a mark on the boy's heel and sent the boy to him. Arrived at the orphanage; many years later, the country fell into the civil war between JDT and MSL. In order to save the son of the orphanage in the war zone, the mother embarked on a dangerous journey to find the child without hesitation. Her heart was torn apart, and the burning of the orphanage made her furious to stand on the opposite side of her own religion, XY, and shot the leader of the JDT militia behind the massacre; she was thrown into prison and turned into a "singing woman" and was abused to the fullest. And torture, gave birth to a pair of twins. After she was released from prison, she came to Canada to meet a pair of children, but the tragic story did not end there until she died suddenly.

With the deepening of the investigation, the answer is getting closer and closer, and it is getting more and more hideous. After the elder brother visited the MSL leader, he finally learned the truth. Speaking of the phrase "1+1=1", the scream of the younger sister made me shudder after realizing it. Coming out of the resentful atmosphere, the disputes and even sufferings caused by the differences between religions and XY are once again exposed in this film. The cruel and complete interpretation makes it difficult for people to calm down for a long time.

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    Notary Jean Lebel: [after making a promise] To a notary, Mr. Marwan, a promise is a sacred thing.

  • Simon Marwan: One plus one, does it make one?