I believe many of you have seen an Australian short film in 2013 called "Walking Forward" .
The title of the film is also translated as "Father's Love Without Stiffness".
In an apocalyptic world overrun by zombies, a family of three is involved in a car accident.
When the husband woke up, he found that his wife had been infected into a zombie, and he was accidentally bitten by his wife.
Realizing that he was about to become a zombie, the man hurriedly picked up the child in the back seat.
In order to allow the child's life to continue, he carried the child and bound his hands.
Hanging a mass of carrion in front of him, he drove himself towards the safe zone.
With his great fatherly love, this dying, unconscious father still successfully sent the child to the safe zone.
The child's memory of his parents is only the sentence written by his father on his belly——
"My name is Rosie."
The short film is only 7 minutes long, and there are no lines or bloody fights. The simple story has touched countless netizens.
There were 11 million hits on Youtube at the time.
Because of its popularity, Ben Howling and Yolanda Ramke, the directors of the short film "Walking on the Load", decided to lengthen it into a film.
After a lapse of 5 years, just two days ago, the film of the same name starring "Peanut" Martin Freeman was officially released.
Many people are looking forward to it, and fortunately, this time we can "synchronize appreciation".
As a large-scale film, zombies have spawned countless film and television works.
The bloody horror of zombies and the tension of being chased by zombies have always been the constant attempts of these works to break through.
The reason why "Bearing Forward" is dazzling is that it combines family affection, warmth and terror.
The previously popular "Train to Busan" is also a representative work of warm zombie films.
The film combines the exciting zombie railway chase with Korean warmth.
But in the feature-length version of "Bearing Forward", the two directors still did not choose to add exciting visuals.
Most of the zombies in the film move slowly and have average combat effectiveness.
The film focuses on depicting the human family in a desperate world in the apocalyptic world.
The male protagonist's family of three lives in a dilapidated boat, and they have little food left, so the couple hesitate to venture ashore.
Just then, his wife was accidentally bitten and infected.
The husband did not hesitate any longer and immediately took his wife and children ashore.
It's a pity that his wife soon drained pus from seven orifices and turned into a zombie.
After a painful struggle, the husband left with his daughter cruelly after his wife bit his arm.
We all know the outline of the story in the short film and the surprise at the end.
To stretch it to 105 minutes, add more characters and story lines.
On the way, the male protagonist met a father who was also infected. Contrary to him, the father had his wife and children buried with him, killed them who were still healthy, and then committed suicide.
Although the family died together, maybe he was worried that without his protection, the family would be violated, but he was more selfish than love.
The male protagonist continued on the road, and he met an old husband and a young wife.
They live in a large fence, and this reminds the burly hostess that he carries a gun and can shoot zombies adeptly.
The male protagonist feels that he will be relieved to give his daughter to them.
Just when he bid farewell to his daughter in pain and prepared to commit suicide silently, the mistress stopped him, because the man was a devil.
Her husband died at his hands.
The male protagonist can only continue to escape with his daughter.
At the same time, he also accidentally rescued a little African girl who was used by the master as zombie bait.
Coincidentally, her father was also infected.
The little girl has been leading her father with her own blood, hoping that the elders in the family can find a way to save him.
The interweaving of these two father-daughter lines further elevates the theme of the film.
Two infected fathers, two young children.
The male protagonist is about to die, and the only consideration is to keep his daughter safe;
The little girl was healthy, and all she thought about was how to save her corpse father.
Different races, different skin colors, but the same is the renunciation of constant kinship.
The two strangers, the male protagonist and the little girl, also developed feelings for each other through this similar situation.
The male protagonist accompanied the girl through the pain of losing her father.
The girl also helped him guide the way, bringing his daughter into his family.
At this moment, the male protagonist has gradually lost his will. He hangs a piece of rotten flesh in front of him, carries his daughter and girl on his back, and drives forward.
After the final arrival, the father also finally fell.
Although we have long predicted the ending, this shock will be greatly reduced, but it is still moving.
The whole film is actually not much new, the plot is too long, and its highlight is still the portrayal of family affection.
In the apocalyptic world, parents still desperately protect their children and keep life going.
The handover baton from the previous generation is passed on to the next generation in this way, so that human beings will continue to live.
Think about it, this is actually a portrayal of parents and children in real society.
Parents have to give birth to children, mothers have to experience the pain of childbirth, and fathers have to bear financial pressure.
Parents have been ups and downs all the way, only to provide a better life for the next generation.
And this kind of breeding will eventually be different.
Children always have to grow up and always leave their parents.
All our parents can do is do everything they can to get you to the end where you should be separated.
Just like the classic text in "Watching Off"——
"The so-called parent-child relationship only means that your fate with him is to watch his back gradually drift away in this life and this life. You stand on this end of the path, watching him disappear at the bend of the path, and , he silently told you with his back that you don't have to chase."
Text / Glico
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