Mech knows a lot

Moshe 2022-01-16 08:01:14

This is the last film I watched at the 16th Shanghai International Film Festival. I hurried to Shanghai Daguangming Studios at 6:30, and had no time to eat, so I had to bring some McDonald's in. For more than ten minutes of the movie, I watched it while eating, and I didn't calm down and watch it. However, the film is gradually getting better, the more you look down, the less the motivation to eat, and you are completely immersed in the faint warmth.
Mei Qi was only six years old, and everything that happened around her seemed to have little effect on her feelings. When the parents quarreled, they just took a look and left, or simply played with their own toys. The divorce of his parents gave Maeki a lame love. Parents should love their children, but they have to separate you for 10 days and me for 10 days. Parents scrambled for the custody of their children and tried their best to amuse their daughters with material things. The father arranged exquisite rooms and all kinds of toys and clothes, and the mother bought various gifts. But is this love for your daughter? They only allow themselves to treat their daughters well and reject each other’s love for their daughters. Even the objects of love for their daughters must be controlled by their parents. On the surface, it is love, but in essence it is the most evil selfishness in the name of love. The father threw the flowers that the mother gave his daughter into the trash can. The mother saw the stepfather and daughter having fun and pulled her over, saying that the stepfather would only bring bad children. Parents can only give their daughters material wealth, but they can't leave their hearts. But stepfather and stepmother can bravely take care of the children, but this is not their obligation in the first place. Maeki’s time with her stepfather and stepmother is undoubtedly the happiest, so she dared to proudly introduce her stepfather in front of her classmates, and said "I love him".
Although there have been many changes in the family, Mitch is clearly a mature child. When her parents quarreled, she did not cry and tried not to stimulate the fragile nerves of her parents. No matter how happy she is with her stepfather and stepmother, she always happily ran over to accept their hugs when she saw her parents. My father threw away the flowers my mother gave him. She just picked them out and admired them secretly, but didn't dare to leave the flowers in the house for a long time. Although her stepfather and stepmother are caring for herself and eager to stay with them for a long time, she can understand their hard work and helplessness. As long as the stepfather and stepmother say "Let's go", no matter how happy she is, she always Readily agreed. Even willing to sit quietly somewhere waiting for them to finish their work. The most tearful scene is that when the stepmother was ignored by her biological father and could not go back to her room, Mitch ran over and put her head on her stepmother’s arm, comforting her and saying, "You are not a dispensable person." , And accompany her until her father comes back. Although Meggie had fun, he has been holding back the pain of his parents' divorce. It wasn't until one day when her father, mother and stepfather and stepmother were not at hand and lying alone in an unfamiliar environment, she cried quietly. But seeing her stepfather and stepmother the next day was completely normal again.
Although the story of the film is loose, there is a deep thread, that is, Mech's good wishes were broken time and time again to the final success. First, the desire to go to Italy with his biological father and stepmother was deprived by the biological mother, and then he wanted to go to England to dig for gold but was rejected by his father. The love of parents is implemented by destroying the wishes of the daughter, which is indeed an excellent acne. In the end, Mech was finally able to take the boat the next day, but the biological mother came back that night and tried to pick Mege away from her stepfather and stepmother. Seeing that her wish was about to be broken again, Mitch was more mature at this time, and she knew to express her wish bravely and yet kindly. In the end, Mech and her stepfather and stepmother ran to the boat happily with bright smiles in the bright sunlight.
After the film was over, there was applause from the audience. I believe that the audience can applaud without the presence of the film’s staff. This is not courtesy, but from the heart. It is true that the plot of the film seems very plain, but the plain will show the real touch. It is commendable for the little girl's acting skills to reach such a level, and the little girl's costume design can be regarded as originality. In short, it is worthy of the name to give this film five stars.

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  • Emery 2022-03-27 09:01:16

    This is another story about family affection, and the plot in the film once again reminds parents how important family is.

  • Theo 2022-03-19 09:01:07

    Adults often think that children don't understand anything, but in fact they see everything in their eyes, but they just can't express it. In the adult world, those helpless compromises, insincere, perfunctory and excuses, children are very clear. Even those negative sexual energy: hostility that has never been expressed, impatience that has never been written on the face... the child can feel it and perceive it. Don’t hide anything from your children, especially if you love it or not, they will understand from the time and effort you put in

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