I just want to sort out the storyline for everyone.
Title: The Miracle of Santa Ana. The Miracle of St. Ana is the Church of St. Ana. The Miracle of St. Ana refers to Angelo, the surviving teenager in the Church of St. Ana. Of course it can be extended.
There are two clues in the whole film: the first clue is the life and death of the five-member black American war. Most people didn't take a closer look. The person who started crying and wanted to go home was their companion who bought ice cream together. In the first battle, that person was blown off by his comrades' artillery, and died on the front line.
The second clue is the clue of the Italian, Angelo's escape journey.
Summary of the story: In 1944, the U.S. Army entered the hinterland of Italy. The Black Legion, as a test product for the U.S. Army, crossed the river to test the reality of the German Army. The German army was running out of food at the time, and the ammunition could last for about an hour. The rear did not have the ability to support it. They could only broadcast a surrender broadcast, falsely claiming that trenches had been dug and prepared for six months.
The legion was blocked by the Germans on the other side while crossing the river. A small team succeeded in crossing the river by force, but the white officer in charge was unfamiliar with the situation and arrogant. As a front-line commander, he hid far from the front line and preferred to trust the German radio. He didn't believe Sam's report, and ordered to fire on the crossing area. The squad that crossed the river was attacked by the enemy and almost all of them were killed under the double attack of the US and German forces. In the end, Sams and Hector took advantage of the terrain and survived, and Bishop escaped from the danger zone in order to rescue Chai in the wrong direction.
This beginning is very shocking, and very painful.
Then, Chai rescued Angelo, who was almost insane under the collapsed house. And he met Brandt, a German soldier, and Chine did not die funny. After a brief separation, the group of four reunited and came under the cover of the mountain. The small village where the Germans retreated. The village had no name, but it was said to be the village at the foot of the Sleeper Mountain. Santa Ana is not the name of the village, but the name of the church where the massacre occurred. It is necessary for the village to say that when the Germans retreated, they took away all living things in the village. The village has been without electricity for two and a half years. Later, it was said that the British had come to the village, and the Germans had come. die.
There is a short and stable life in the village, and there is no racial discrimination. Here is an account of the past that the four-member group was originally a five-member group before the Battle of Crossing the River, and they encountered discrimination when they went to buy ice cream together. The group of four actively contacted the headquarters, hoping to escape the enemy's encirclement.
Then the clues passed through the German army, the Italian anti-fascist guerrillas and children, and many other paths, and gradually showed us the truth about Santa Ana. Since the film did not send us an all-purpose insider, the clues are very messy. The process of sorting out the matter is as follows.
Pipi, the leader of the guerrillas, killed Rudolph's younger brother Jack (Jack is a fascist member) who was also a member of the guerrillas during the battle with the fascists. He was also a friend of Pipi who grew up with him. Rudolph may have tempted Send Pi to Santa Ana for retaliatory purposes. But Pipi was delayed because of the storm. In order to get Pipi's whereabouts, the German army concentrated the residents and refugees near the church of Saint Ann and carried out a brutal massacre. The German corporal Brandt on the mission protected two children who pretended to be dead under the machine gun fire, and heard the conversation between the officer and Rudolph. One of the children couldn't stand the psychological pressure and rushed out and was shot to death. The German soldier Brandt took cover The surviving Angelo fled. The hut where they took refuge during their escape was blown up and Angelo was rescued by Zion. German soldiers exchanged fire with Zion briefly when they came back to see Angelo, but there were no casualties on either side. The soldiers pretended to be dead and Zion took the child away. However, the German army was involved in the scandal involving the violation of the Geneva Convention in Santa Ana, and they did their best to arrest the soldiers and children, hoping to cover up the truth. Then Brandt was captured by the guerrillas. Due to the language barrier, he could not be interrogated. He was taken to the village where Pipi’s family was located, where the group of four settled. Although Piepi knew the truth about Santa Ana, and knew that a child and a German soldier had escaped, he did not know that the children of the American soldiers who lived in his home and his captives were the experiencers of the incident. The American soldiers only knew that the child had formed friendship with German officers in the fire in the church of Santa Ana, and that someone from the guerrilla group was at the scene of the fire. The German officer who was searching only knew that the reason for searching for Brandt was unknown, and that the officer wanted to end the war and sympathized with the escaped soldiers. Of course, Brandt and the child knew the truth, but because Brandt was unable to speak his language, and the child was extremely frightened, he was reluctant to face the painful past experience, and did not point out the guerrilla betrayers.
In the end, Rudolph observed a large number of German soldiers on the top of the mountain, but did not notify him. He killed Brandt while guarding with Hector, and went to Pipi to blame the American soldiers. He found that he had planted them before. Pipi didn't believe that the fallen guerrilla had defected, and when he believed it was him, he killed Pipi and escaped from the chasing Hector. At this time, the stupid white boss George appeared again, because Brandt was dead and threatened to send the four to a military court. In order to protect the children, the group of four stayed again without boarding the officer's car. The four were a blessing in disguise. The German counterattack blew up the officer's car, and the crew died without firing a single bullet. Four people covered the villagers and started street fighting with the German army. At the end of the street fighting, all the people who showed up in the film except Hector, Rudolph and the children died in the street fighting.
The following paragraph is another paragraph that many people don’t seem to understand. The companion of Angelo who died in Santa Ana, Artura came to pick Angelo home and talk to Angelo. This paragraph is actually a manifestation of Angelo’s inner illusion. . From the very beginning, Angelo babbled to Arturo. These babbles were actually Angelo’s inner self dialogue. This paragraph showed the audience what Angelo saw. The real situation should be that before this episode appeared, Hector briefly repelled the surrounding enemies. The child felt that the surroundings were quiet, so he opened his eyes and saw that the protection god Cien had died, and his comrades in arms had also died. He said to himself that this is our childhood, to remember Zion and Arturao, at this time, Angelo has begun to face his life squarely. Angelo wakes up from the hallucinations and recognizes reality. Hector's face clearly shows. He gives the child the cross necklace that the child has been stroking. This is also Chine's last wish. Like Brandt, he also waved his hands. Let the children, run, run fast. The child turned around, and Arturo by his side disappeared.
In the last paragraph, the child woke up from the illusion. It was he who had wrapped himself up in layers after the Santa Ana massacre at the beginning, living in a dream of talking, but the cruel wars and the deaths in the war protected him. The person who finally made him wake up from his dream, strengthen himself and start his escape. Alto's fantasy is presented to the audience and disappears, which is exactly a process of Angelo facing reality.
In the end, the German army retreated the American army into the village, and Hector was miraculously survived. Years later, he recognized Rudolph while working at the post office and shot and killed him. And Angelo has become a wealthy businessman who survived a catastrophe and rescued Hector.
The miracle of Santa Ana is a coincidence of thousands of times, reflecting the humble and fragile life in the war. The United States, Italy, and Germany are the three hostile countries participating in the Second World War. In the international situation, the U.S. military has the advantage, and the current form of the German army is surrounded by four-person teams and guerrillas. In the small village situation, the guerrillas stay at home and wait for work, and they have the support and protection of the villagers. Compared with the hungry crowd, American soldiers carry communication equipment, sufficient weapons, chocolates in their pockets, cigarettes, and large sums of local currency obtained from corpses. They have all the advantages in small villages. At the same time, they are indeed the United States. Second-class citizens who suffer from discrimination even threaten with a gun even after eating a glass of ice cream. The Germans who dominated the Italians are now prisoners. No one has an advantage. Everyone is the most embarrassed person in his country, and he is also the person who is in distress. In the end, we see that there is no winner in the war. The people of every country, especially those at the bottom, are devastated, but they will not be remembered by anyone.
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This comment has been commented several years later, telling me that my understanding of father in the movie is wrong. Father refers to the Holy Father, so I re-watched this film and rearranged the combing. Let’s talk about
the feelings of rewatching:
Many people say that this is a hodgepodge attempting to tell about religion, war, and race. After reviewing this film, I found that whether it’s war, religion or racial discrimination, it’s about humans’ common morality. The pursuit of justice, fairness and justice, is regardless of country or race.
The sleeping person is the core of this part of the film. You can say that the sleeping person is God, but what does God represent? God just represents the universal morality, giving people a fair and just shrine, and this is where the sleeping person sleeps. This kind of consciousness, waking up is the courage to pursue these things. In the end, Chaine almost pinched the warrant officer who was tied up by the immoral system and was called the sleeping person by the villagers. This was the first time that he showed what was sleeping and how he was awakened. In the end, at the expense of the good life he might have in the future, Hector, who was willing to die, was also the result of pursuing justice, and the gun he used came from another rebel German officer.
Many years later, when I rewatched this film again, I discovered that it originally told such a profound truth, and I was surprised when I finished writing it.
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