Shoes, and love

Michael 2022-01-02 08:01:40

A pair of torn and unsightly pink shoes, in a pair of rough hands, stitched stitch by stitch. The initial series of actions were clean and tidy, but they were oppressive and lengthy. When the shoemaker handed the stitched shoes to the little boy named Ali, I knew the whole story: He replaced the worn-out pair of shoes for his sister, which had been repaired so many times. The reason is obvious: poor family, sick. His mother, only his father’s meager salary supports this seemingly dilapidated family. When the director talked about all these plots, I felt a little worry. I have seen too many plots of this kind and similar stories. It's not that I lack sympathy. It's just such an ordinary story, a slight derailment will fall into the cliché and fall into the apparent whirlpool of pure tears, until it makes people numb. However, what happened next made me completely relieved of my worries. No, it should be said that I was completely plunged into the story and didn't have any spare time to think about other things. Ali accidentally lost the pair of shoes while helping the adults buy groceries. His sister's only shoe was "in the bag" by the garbage picker. He didn't dare to tell his father. At first I thought he was afraid of being beaten. He also warned his sister like this: Don't tell Dad that if the family has no money to buy shoes for you, he knows you will be beaten too. I didn’t know until later that Ali, an 11-year-old Iranian boy with excellent academic performance, was not only afraid of his father's anger, he was afraid of adding a layer of hardship to the eyes of his melancholy mother, and he was worried about his impetuous father’s head. Add another white silk. He didn't want to add a burden to the already difficult home because of him. Perhaps at a young age, he couldn’t think of being so specific, so profound and so delicate, but when Ali looked at his sister’s grotesque expression and was so anxious that he was already crying, from his innocent face and crystal tears, I sublimated all of this and refined it. It shows the most natural qualities contained in children's innocent, kind, and unique spiritual thoughts. In order to solve the problem of having only one shoe, the brothers and sisters quietly reached an agreement that every day the younger sister wore his brother's old sneakers to class. After school, my sister rushed home quickly, and my brother changed his shoes and rushed to school... , My sister was helpless and eager when she was chasing the sneakers that accidentally fell into the river and wandered along with the waves. She smiled with joy when she received the pen that her brother gave her to comfort her. A promise between two innocent children, strung together is the children's own bitterness and joy, joy in bitterness, and sourness and sweetness. The director has designed many ingenious close-up shots with ingenuity. The lens language he uses is as meticulous and novel as a child is observing the outside world, making the unique perspective truly lovely and stunning. What impressed me was that the plot of my sister during the exam was over. get out of class was over. She was answering the questions while secretly looking at the watch on the teacher’s wrist. The person moved back on his wrist a little uneasy and anxiously, making me feel the same anxious mood of my sister in an instant: my brother is waiting for her to go back to send the shoes, is there still time now? Another brilliant shot also depicts the delicate feelings of my sister. Standing in the middle of the line, looking down at the shoes of the people around you. The director took the trouble to show us the big and small, exquisite or luxurious beautiful shoes around us with a slowly moving close-up lens. Finally, the lens returned to his feet, the big and old pair of worn sneakers. Almost no need to return to my sister's expression, I can already taste her inner envy and helpless loss. Almost everyone, didn't they have such a time in childhood? The child's small unbalanced mental state was instantly captured by my sensitive memory. But what is really clever is the director who reminds me of this feeling, who expresses his emotions like a real child! At the beginning, I didn't understand why the film was called "Children in Paradise". I had read an article that also described poverty before, but the title was cruel, and I couldn't bear to read it out-poverty is a stinging needle. The world of the author described in the article is gloomy, and the poor environment is similar to that of the film, but the tone is almost completely different. It was not until I finished watching the film that I understood the meaning of heaven. Although born in poverty, my brothers and sisters still laughed heartily from time to time. This is the most precious thing that can't be taken away from the low material life. They did not forget to blow up the colorful soap bubbles when they were brushing their shoes. In the rare leisure time, their elder brother accompanies the employer’s children to play, swaying leisurely on the swing, and the garden is very popular under the water of father. The bright flowers soften and warm the scorching sun. The children who really live in heaven are nothing more than that. People who can face life so calmly and optimistically must have heaven! After finishing work from the city, his father took Ali with him The joy of victory slowly walked on the vagina of Lin, have you noticed their conversation? "This job is good. It can make more money than the previous job. From now on, we will come out to do it every Sunday. After a while, we will have money. When we have money, I will buy you a lot of things." "I will give you a lot of things first." Buying a pair of shoes, her shoes are already torn!" "Buy what you want!" The father, who has been frowning for a long time, is also delighted like a child at this time. Somehow, this ordinary conversation reminded me of "Alive". Fugui carrying his son Youqing on the way to school, Youqing childishly asked his father, "Dad, what does the chicken grow up like?" "The chicken grows up and becomes a goose; the goose grows up. When the cow grows up, it becomes a sheep; when the sheep grows up, it becomes a cow; when the cow grows up, the steamed buns will also grow up, and communism will come." His words, the same hopeful vision, came to an abrupt end in the next moment. Father took Ali's bicycle out of control and ran into a tree. Sitting in the back compartment of the old truck with a bandage on his head, his weak and confused eyes were unbearable. Fugui's son was crushed to death by the collapsed wall the afternoon after he separated from his father. Fugui's crazy hysterical painful expression after hearing the bad news is the cruelest picture I have ever seen. After all, life is real. But reality is not a synonym for gray. My brother signed up for the 5km long-distance race, because the third prize was a pair of shoes that he wanted to wear. When he vowed to his sister that he would get third place, their faces once again bloomed with innocent smiles, which contained hope, trust, and the children's stubborn persistence. During the game, there was no sound, except for the heavy breathing of the children. Every time it made my heart palpitate, the camera followed Ali, his thin body, sweat dripping from his head, and his hard breathing. The most important thing is the hope in his heart! This lens is so long, it seems to be ten thousand light years! Every time he fell behind, the camera began to flash back, and his sister's innocent eyes appeared in his mind. His daily hard work was the golden promise made by him and his sister. It was only a pair of shoes that made him surpass the limit of his body and sprinted for his life! No, it's my sister's heart that is condensed there. Seeing this, I felt stuck in my heart and wanted to release it with tears. Once upon a time, I thought I had forgotten this feeling, not because of the so-called spirit or the so-called exaggerated moving. His innocent persistence is just for one purpose, that is, for the hope in his heart, no matter what, even if he gets tired, he must stick to it. Is this persistence so strong, fearless, and irresistible only when you were a child? As we grow up slowly, we have lost what we should stick to when we grow up! I can't help myself with heartache! Ali crossed the finish line first with his last strength. His father, teacher, reporter, when everyone was holding him up and cheering, Ali asked breathlessly: "Is it the third place?" Standing on the podium, holding the champion's trophy, Everyone thought it was the excitement of victory with tears on Ali's face. Ali was sobbing with a bleak expression. The sadness of sobbing was because the hope in his heart was shattered and because he broke the promise with his sister! Fortunately, what I saw was a warm story; fortunately, they thought they lived in heaven. When my father came out of the store with two pairs of shoes, I felt more satisfied than ever. Maybe the human heart is really good, no matter how cruel experience, I still hope that the good in the heart can be realized. After all, this world is not eternal. Ali, who was still worried about his mistake, took off his worn-out sneakers and stretched out his worn-out feet into the pond to soak. This was the last magical touch of the film. The lens turned into a close-up again, and this time it was a pair of little feet in the soft blue pool water, and a bright color suddenly came into view in the soft music. A group of golden goldfish swam around, wandering, playing, and swaying their delicate bodies. In fact, the beauty of life is not abstract, just like a bright color that suddenly jumps into the melancholic blue, which surprises people, makes people unable to calm for a long time, and makes people think about it...

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Children of Heaven quotes

  • Ali: Zahra, I have good news.

    Zahra: What news?

    Ali: I am selected for the race.

    Zahra: What race?

    Ali: Long-Distance Running. The third-best runner gets a pair of new sneakers.

    Zahra: Why the third?

    Ali: The First and Second prizes are something else. If I come in third, I'll give you the sneakers.

    Zahra: But those shoes are for boys.

    Ali: I'll exchange them. I'll get a pair of girl's shoes for you.

    Zahra: What if you don't come in third?

    Ali: I'll be third for sure.