After watching this movie over the weekend, I thought about a few questions:
1. What hardships did the Zain family encounter?
2. What is the director trying to express?
3. What is home?
1. What hardships did the Zain family encounter?
Syria's political instability, continuous wars, and terrorist attacks have resulted in tens of thousands of refugees fleeing every year. Lebanon, located at the southwest foot of Syria, has naturally become the first place for refugees to flee. Many smugglers smuggled through the Mediterranean black boats. Refugees, so the Zain family, as a member of the Syrian refugees, lived in the Lebanese slums, and lived stubbornly without seeing the light of day.
Many people don't understand why Zain's parents are so irresponsible, because we can't understand the plight of refugees with our current happiness. This kind of plight transcends individuals and even ethnic groups: imagine that you have no ID card, no Nationality, can not have a stable job, even a low-level job does not dare to hire a black refugee, and needs to avoid the police's pursuit and repatriation every day. So you will see that Zain's parents can only earn income through the manufacture of drug-like drinks for prescription drugs, and you can also see the plot of Zain going to the pharmacy to cheat prescription drugs at the beginning.
No income, no respect, hiding in Tibet, living under a black-hearted landlord, and paying rent on time every month. This is the current situation of the entire family, and there is no hope in sight. Children are born slaves, help their parents to make a living, and even a tool for survival. Zain's sister was sold to a black-hearted landlord. Zain was in great pain and ran away from home. I'm thinking that Zain's parents must also be in pain, although they can't be forgiven for their crime of selling their daughters. Just as in court, Zain accused his parents of giving birth to him. Zain's mother cried and said that her daughter died as a result of her own flesh and blood. , "We were treated like you didn't", which is the truth and tells the whole story of helplessness.
One question is, why do families with such hardships have so many children, whether they just consider having children or not, I am thinking that there may be the following reasons:
Reason 1: Just like China in the old society, people have a kind of feudal thought in their subconscious: having children to prevent old age, the poorer you are, the more you have to have more sons, but the probability of having sons is not as expected, except for him in the Zain family , seems to be more of a sister. This is a common problem of the entire human society. The poorer the poorer the more births, it may also conform to a law of survival in nature: the worse the survival, the more births, thereby increasing the probability of future generations to survive. If the quality is not good, then On the quantity, there is always one who can inherit the lineage for oneself, and the bloodline will not be ruined in one's own hands. (Of course, there is no sociological research in this area at present, and maybe there will be in the future to confirm this conjecture).
Reason 2: Poverty limits imagination; studies have shown that poor people pursue short-term pleasure more, but have little patience for delayed satisfaction of long-term needs, sex is the most direct way to short-term happiness, uncontrolled sex life, Coupled with the lack of contraceptive knowledge, resulting in frequent births.
This is a sociological question, and you will find that the same is true in poor Africa. The poorer the place, the more a family has a litter of children. When Zain answered the judge's question why he sued his parents, he said, "Because they gave birth to me." , you will feel that the reason is very correct, but it is obviously very weak, because this is a common problem in sociology, and there is no solution.
Later, Zain's younger sister, who was less than 12 years old, was sold by her parents to a black-hearted landlord, and finally died in childbirth. This tragic fate, like the plague, shrouded Zain's family.
Second, what does the director want to express?
There are two contrasts in the story, one is Zain's irresponsible parents, and the other is such a strong mother as Rachel. They also suffered from misfortune and lived a difficult life, but they have completely different philosophies. Is the director trying to take this Praise Raheel's strength? We did see Raheel's maternal love and kindness. Kindness is not divided into rich and poor, but the bottom-level kindness is more heartwarming. I think the director really wanted to express some of his feelings.
In the end, Rahir and Zain's family failed to escape the "plague" hunt, and Rahir's son was sold and fell into the poison den. Destiny is so dark and there is no hope in sight that when Raheel sees Zain in prison, he is completely devastated. I'm thinking the director didn't just tell a sad story, on the contrary, we saw the rebellion, from a 12-year-old boy, who rebelled against his parents who sold their daughter to the landlord, ran away from home, and still maintained due goodwill in the midst of bad luck, In the end, in order to avenge his dead sister, he killed the landlord with a knife and went to jail. Although he still couldn't change anything, Zain couldn't understand why in his 12-year-old world. The final answer was naive and thought that the root cause of everything was that my parents gave birth to me. 's indictment. I think this is exactly what the director wants to express. In the face of human suffering, some people are struggling to survive, but there will always be people who will resist, even if their strength is weak and unable to fundamentally change anything, it is this that makes them more valuable.
The director is kind, and in the end the movie ends well, Zain got an immigration passport, Rachel also found his child, everything is still hopeful, just like the line in "The Shawshank Redemption" "hope is a good thing" ".
3. What is home?
History is not so idealistic. There are too many real sufferings in human history that are much better than movies. The fate of individuals is too fragile before the fate of famous people and even the fate of the entire human race. World wars, China's humiliation for more than 100 years The modern history of the film is all the painful destiny experience of human beings. The film is the epitome of history, trying to express the profound topic of human destiny. Why is home?
I have searched for many answers, but this one answer won my heart: first there is a country, and then there is a home!
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