If there is no justice in the kingdom of heaven, those who die for the home of faith are worthless. From this point of view, I do not accept atheism. What I want is not justice after death, but peace of mind in this world.
Later, the Holy See was forced by the secular government to abandon the Jesuits, which had already taken root among the Indians, and later pressured to ban the Jesuits. The choice of the church in each period is really intriguing. The ultimate goal of the church is to convey faith, and to use faith to completely change a person and a race. If this can be achieved, then this kind of superficial compromise is valuable.
In the film, we see the good changes that faith has brought to the native Indians. It is a tendency to break away from the crimes and brutal violence of mankind itself into a simple and loving change, but for those who have faith but are secular and realistic. In the choice, compared to the colonists who chose secular interests, they have become the defenders of pure faith.
Although the lens language of the film is strictly neutral, it actually allows you to make a choice in your heart: whether you are on the side of the colonists with blood-stained hands or the side of the unarmed Indian children. Whether it is through violent resistance with a pebble hitting a rock, or the martyrdom of holding up the cross peacefully by singing hymns. We have undoubtedly made fair judgments with our own conscience, but each person's feelings are different.
The final scene of the film is undoubtedly symbolic. The little Indian girl whose parents were slaughtered and stood naked at the door of the burned church. Her young heart may not understand the belief that her people have accepted. But she picked up the broken violin swaying in the water, as a memorial to the catastrophe, she returned to the boat of the surviving orphan. None of them cried because of the loss of their loved ones. The boy made a strong push and rowed the surviving orphans of the Indians above the waterfall into the depths of the forest. This boy is older than other children. As a witness to this catastrophe, he witnessed the changes brought about by the Jesuits, and also witnessed the strength of faith and the fragility of faith. He will stand firm in the future. In my own heart?
In this sense, faith seems to be negative and reclusive, but in fact it is like the river there, trickling, submerging and growing, and there will eventually be a day when it bursts like a waterfall...
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