The summary of the film is about the 11-year-old girl Palwana living in Afghanistan under the rule of the Taliban. Because her father went to jail innocently, the family’s life was in trouble and crisis, and she came forward to save her family at a young age. .
In addition to the stories that happened in reality, the film also tells three stories through the mouth of the characters.
The first one is from Parvana’s father. The short narration at the beginning of the film allows us to understand the glorious and tragic history of this country. The iron hoofs of countless conquerors have stepped on this rich land, noble land, and war. They played in turns in the middle and brought countless pains to this country.
The second is the interrupted story. Parvana wanted to tell the story of a princess, just like all little girls of this age, but she was interrupted by the Taliban's interrogation after only one sentence. The reality of princess dreams.
The third plot that can be called a hidden line. After her father was captured, Palvana told the story of a young boy bravely fighting against the elephant king in order to comfort her crying brother. The story is told intermittently, and the reality line Interspersed in parallel, the experiences of the brave little boy and the brave little girl mirror each other.
Her friend said you want to give the little boy a name, and Palvana said Suleyman, that was the name of her deceased brother.
In the story, the monster King Elephant snatched the seeds from the villagers. Suleiman was going to get it back. The witch told him that he needed three treasures to defeat the King Elephant: one shining, one for capture, and one. It's calming.
Suleiman used the first two treasure mirrors and fishing nets to defeat the elephant king's minions and evil wolves. The angry elephant king rushed from the top of the mountain to him empty-handed with red eyes.
At the most critical moment, Palwana eagerly shouted at Suleyman.
"Use your story to calm him down, a story that mom never told."
Reality and story meet at this moment.
It turns out that when Suleiman was as old as Parvana, he picked up the toy on the street, but it turned out to be a bomb, and death was the end of Suleiman.
Elephant King panted and calmed down. The steel scales on his body fell one after another. He finally lay down in front of the little boy and returned the seeds of love and hope to the boy.
The King of Elephants is a real society that has been distorted by war and alienated by religion. Countless tragedies are happening every day in this devastated land. People lose their freedom, their homes, and their lives. All of this shouldn't have happened. Only by facing up to and bearing this kind of grief can the hostile people wake up from the tyranny and hatred and rebuild their homes.
At the end of the film, Suleiman returned to the village, danced with the whole village, laughed, and drank happily. Mother and siblings reunited, and Palvana brought her father back. They walked towards each other under the moonlight with Hara, and they would always reunite after a long journey.
Sulaiman told the elephant king a story to calm him down.
So, after reading the story of Parvana, is your heart calm?
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