In fact, the war scenes in this film are only at the level of the 1930s, so don't expect too much... But there is an obvious anti-war sentiment in it. A group of young students were encouraged by their teachers to go to the battlefield full of blood, but as the bombs fell and their comrades fell one by one, they found that war is more about killing each other than heroism (death for the country is dirty and painful. ), struggling to survive. There is no warmth on the battlefield, and hatred for the enemy is undeniable, but the enemy is also a living person with family and relatives. There is no decency in the past, farewell to friends, witness the birth of the devil, lose hope, lose faith. However, generation after generation went on and on to fight a war where there was no "win or lose". This is probably the ugly, unrepentant side of human nature.
Finally, I want to talk about the difference between mother and father. A patriarchal society (or a man's world) values power and honor, and does not hesitate to use violence, struggle, and bloodshed to fight for things that these people don't need in their basic lives. However, women's point of view is the perspective of peace. No mother wants to lose her son and let her son die. This can be said to be peace. On the other hand, it is also called "weak compromise", but what can war bring? What benefits did the successful war bring to the people? In this regard, perhaps a peaceful solution would be a better answer.
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