What is the cosmopolitanism? I assume it means no matter who we are, we always could accept and respect other people, who comes from different countries, or races; and we talk, that is different cultures would communicate with each other.
The reason I watched the film just because I wanted to figure out the statue of the film, which is kind of the first documentary. However, honestly, I did not appreciate its meanings a lot. In other words, I am not sure about its success. It is true that we, as audience, or maybe sort of civilized people, cannot imagine their life. It is definitely a horrible one, which is no food, no home, and the severe condition. Therefore, when we watched the smile on the hero, we might be shocked, at least, have a little bit of envy and jealous. How could he 'tolerates', and how could life be as simple as his? However, these are all my feelings. Thus, I may just admit that the director was a good explorer. He was good at discovering what kinds of topics were worth and what kind of life in the film would move the audience.
Anyway, it is a film that bridged primitive civilization and modern civilization, bridged uncivilized and civilized.
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