The life dilemma of a pair of small shoes
9-year-old Ali did his best to share the housework. He went out to buy groceries and helped his sister repair her shoes. These were the only pair of small shoes that her sister could wear to go to school, which had faded and cracked. After it was repaired, it was picked up by a scavenger on the way to grocery shopping.
In desperation, the two brothers and sisters had to take turns wearing a pair of Ali's sneakers to school. Every noon, in order to hand over the shoes in time and not let Ali be late, the only way is to run, run hard.
The younger sister ran desperately, the little blue figure, the big white headscarf, fluttering, but the schoolbag was heavy and the shoes were too big, and accidentally fell into the ditch. Come down, get the wet shoes back.
My brother ran desperately and had to carefully avoid the inspection of the dean, but he was still caught late again and again. The good student Ali tried hard to explain, with tears in his big eyes. With the help of the teacher, I was able to return to the classroom.
The two brothers and sisters are in great distress because of their shoes, but they still try to stick to the secret of "can't tell my parents", because the family is too poor, my mother is sick all the year round, the rent can't be paid, and I have to buy food on credit, and my father will not be paid until the end of the month. , Now telling my parents is just adding to their troubles. There is no money left to buy shoes at home. If my father borrows money for this, they will feel guilty.
Because Dad said that they have grown up and want to help the family share their worries.
A pair of small shoes has become the most life-and-death dilemma in the world of 9-year-old Ali and his sister, testing love, commitment, responsibility and will. They use their own way-running, fighting with all their strength, using all the wisdom of the two children and physical ability to overcome.
Finally, the moment of kindness in life has come, and here is their chance! Ali runs around every day, practicing scuds and getting the opportunity to participate in the youth long-distance running competition, and the prize for the third place happens to be his dream sneakers!
Ali smiled, as if he had seen sneakers on his sister's feet, he was determined to win! With his sister's expectations and his own promises, he tried his best to cross the finish line...
As a result of working too hard, Ali won the championship and a sportswear instead of the third place and a pair of sneakers, and the shoes on his feet, the only pair of shoes for his brother and sister, were also rotten by him. He has worked so hard, Still can't get out of the predicament of life.
When people were elated to take pictures of the champions, what we saw was a grieved and frustrated face and eyes filled with tears.
"Little Shoes", the famous work of Iranian director Majidi, was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 71st Academy Awards. It was the first Iranian film nominated for an Oscar in film history. It began to attract more and more attention around the world.
Such a movie from an unfamiliar country, a children's movie with a simple story and plain pictures, has received widespread attention and praise in the adult world. What moved us? Is it just out of sympathy for struggling children?
Ali in distress, a child in heaven
Most of Majidi's works focus on the bottom society and the common people. Real life is embarrassing, but the film does not focus on rendering suffering. On the contrary, its calm narrative and restrained expression restore a pure and clear world in the eyes of children, using adults The simple and authentic perspective that has been forgotten, re-depicts the plight of reality and the kindness of human nature, and slowly shows the most simple power of human nature.
The movie "Little Shoes" was originally titled "Children of Heaven". At the beginning of the movie, people couldn't help but wonder: It's hard to live, it's hard to get a pair of small shoes, where is heaven?
At first, we only saw poverty and predicament, and our hearts were sympathetic. Later, when we saw Ali and his sister running hard together, we felt love and respect, and then we saw the people around them: mothers who are still struggling to take care of their families, An unreliable father who loves his children hard, a kind teacher, a good neighbor, a simple and mutual helper, a blind man and his daughter who works hard, the poor and rich who are calm and calm, and a stranger who helps others.
The meaning of heaven probably means that in a world where everything is like this, no matter the situation is good or bad, you should live calmly, work hard, and live with dignity, help yourself and others, and love yourself and others.
A bland life scene in the movie:
After dinner, my sister poured tea for my father and was talking about my father who was struggling in life. He looked up at his lovely daughter and smiled:
"Thank you darling, I pour tea in the company all day, but my daughter's tea has a special taste."
The sister smiled sweetly. Next-
Dad: Honey, you forgot to put sugar in my tea.
Sister: Isn't there candy here? (Dad is being entrusted by the mosque to chisel the sugar into small pieces, there is white sugar in one place)
Dad: These are sugar from the mosque, and they gave it to us out of trust. You go get the sugar bowl at home.
A father who is not very reliable in earning money to support his family works hard to love his children, and let the children understand what dignity is in the daily dull conversation.
Scenario two:
My sister was obsessed with her lost pair of shoes, and one day she finally found them on a little girl's feet.
The brothers and sisters were angrily preparing to get their shoes back, but they found out that the little girl was the daughter of a blind man and lived a more difficult life than them.
Even if they have been distressed to the limit by their shoes, the bottom line of sympathy is still there. Only with a bottom line can they have dignity.
Scenario three:
After Ali lost her shoes, she felt guilty for her sister, and begged her not to tell her parents. My sister was very distressed. The shoes were too big and dirty. When the teacher said: "It is very important to wear sneakers in physical education class. I saw that some students did not wear them, and some students wore them."
My sister smiled happily. My brother's shoes were big and dirty, but they were really a pair of sneakers!
That angelic smile, only a child in heaven can show such a smile.
The younger sister has always kept her promise to her brother: "I said that I would not tell my mother, and I would not tell my mother."
Even when the shoes fell into the water and weeping sadly; even when the heavy rain soaked the cleaned shoes and it was frustrating; even when the brother didn't get the third place and didn't get the shoes back, the sister always trusted with brother.
The little brothers and sisters are the most unbreakable alliance in the world.
My sister's love, trust and hard work, as well as her love, responsibility and commitment to my sister, were the last force that supported Ali in his sprint to the finish line.
Positive psychology defines happiness: happiness is meaningful pleasure.
Looking back at each individual life, only with dignity can there be love, with a sense of security, can we find hope and meaning, and flourish with vitality.
A pair of small shoes is the most life-and-death dilemma in the world of 9-year-old Ali and his sister. However, when Ali ran with all his strength for a pair of sneakers, the shoes were no longer a predicament, but all the love of his 9-year-old life, Dignity and meaning are the happiness in his embarrassed life.
If "The Shawshank Redemption" is a typical "positive psychology" movie, it tells us that hope and meaning are the essence of happiness. "Little Shoes" presents a more simple and natural view of survival, like a vigorous sunflower, deeply rooted in the rough and dark soil, branches and leaves and flower disks only face the direction of the sun, do not bow down, only work hard up.
The Authentic Restoration of Happiness: Love, Dignity, and Meaning
At the end of the movie, Ali, who won the championship and missed his shoes, was very frustrated. When he returned home, he avoided his sister's eager eyes, sat alone by the goldfish pond, and soaked his feet that had run out of blood blisters in the water. , A group of goldfish swam over and kissed his wound. At this moment, the sky was blue, the water was clear, the sunlight was gentle, and all the audience in front of the screen who were concerned about the little boy were gently soothing him.
In the street market in the distance, Dad was shopping for the family. The back of the bicycle was full of vegetables, food, and two pairs of small shoes, one pair of white and one pair of red, which were the colors Ali and his sister liked.
Children who are in predicament and whose heart is in heaven will eventually find happiness.
"Little Shoes" is a movie worth watching. A good movie can directly reach the bottom of people's hearts. For hundreds of years, what we have repeatedly experienced between the screen inch and the screen is nothing more than people, good people, bad people, people's Difficulties and pains, reflected by the predicaments, are the most precious things in human nature, love and dignity, and the vitality that bursts out of them, so that we can live without disappointment in the world.
The real world of children is the purification of the adult world. The dilemma in the adult world can also be restored to the original perspective to think: When 9-year-old Ali went all out for a pair of shoes, for his love, dignity and meaning When we are running, what are we running for?
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