Alec is the messenger of love, and he taught Josh, a lost lamb numb from stress and loneliness on a desolate farm - that love is not an outlet, but a nourishment. Cut off the skin of a dead lamb and put it on another weak live lamb. During this period, the camera often turns to Josh and frowns unbearably. I believe this is the first feeling of most audiences - it's too cruel. How could he get away with it? Still so skilled? It was only when the camera later turned to the live lamb thriving in the body temperature of the ewe, and then to Alec's warm eyes and corners of his mouth, everything became clear.
I thought Josh's eyes weren't as sharp as the lens, so I didn't necessarily notice Alec's micro-expression at that time.
The film's portrayal of the relationship between the two is delicate and clear. How does one accept, nurture, and feel a relationship that belongs to two people, and how does one give oneself to it completely? Proud (initial), clumsy, moved, ignorant, humble, attached, self-salvation. . . are all in it. How many times in the film, the two people's hearts can only be said with their eyes. At that time, the camera was as crisp and clear as the eyes: pay attention, it is neither a matter of course for relatives, nor does it need the sweet and secret joy of a young couple, probably in the face of realistic pressure, after stripping off the hypocritical elements of love, what it shows is only too late. It's peace, joy and steadfastness. In my opinion, this is the element that connotes the most "City of God" - happiness in the city of God is not without weight. The only scene related to the title of the film is that Alec suddenly ran to the far side of the hill, Josh was concerned to keep up, and then the two of them found a panoramic view of the town from a high place. At that moment, the two people's feelings were completely communicated with eyes. In my opinion, that is the most natural self-expression of the theme.
Yes, the film is natural. God, sheep, redemption, familiar themes are expressed using familiar images, and the theme and plot are completely indistinguishable. It seems that the flowers and sunshine of Romanian spring in Alec's mouth, which have never appeared on the screen, have long flowed wantonly into the night full of screens. In the wind, the haystacks, the charcoal, the fire and the boundless grassland, the dividing lines that were supposed to be rock-solid were silently melted away. How do two very different souls attract each other? Before you have time to doubt and evaluate, the dim yellow light behind the wooden door has wrapped you in colors and smells, allowing you to run towards the only light and heat in the desolate world. Maybe it's like asking how Li Yaohui fell in love with He Baorong - there's no need. Fortunately, fortunately, the ending of this story is warm. Perhaps - from the beginning, Alec's resolute air has been a sign of God's blessing.
How many people can lick other people's wounds? He hated people calling him Gypsy in contempt.
Everything is clear - the smile and determination at that moment - I just know how hard it is to survive, so I bury the past more powerfully than many people, harvest the past, and seize the fleeting present. The tenderness for the lover and the tenderness for the lamb are completely connected - above the desolation, beyond the desolation, the spark of life flickers its shape, fragile, humble, longing for care.
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