That time and space was during the Algerian Civil War in 1996. Eight monks who came to the Magbbu region of North Africa voluntarily from France lived as dervishes there, mingled with the names of the local Islamic villages, and gave the locals some medical education. On the help.
Using a lot of pen and ink to lay the extraordinary peace and tranquility, on the contrary, it became a prediction that the balance will be broken. Suddenly an unusually happy voice appeared in the daily trivial picture: a child who was baptized. The applause and laughter of the people, the blank look of the child at the ceremony. All of this suddenly became detached, as if the excessively brilliant sunshine at noon would make the night colder when it came.
But our life is like this. After living in peace for a long time, the sudden pain and sorrow are always unpredictable and at a loss.
The initial horror appeared in a gentle conversation. In the previous picture, the missionary was still walking through the clothes in the cold drying. In the next picture, everyone was talking about the killed girl. When the shovel rushes towards the camera, all balance is broken, and conflicts under the pretext of faith are always the most tragic.
The plot of tenderness ended when several workers were cut through their throats with a knife by terrorists.
Do you complain about life being plain? Well, now you can live in fear as you wish.
The eight missionaries came to Algeria with their own stories, but the attributes of those lives became unimportant. Many years of monk life made their souls invisible imprisoned like their bodies. Faced with the threat of terrorist organizations, the survival instinct wants to escape and return to France. But the once hometown can no longer comfort the soul. After being obsessed with a religion for so long, how to abandon one's faith? There are already ready-made saviours that can provide spiritual comfort, where you can hide, and there are ready-made words and allusions in the doctrine to make death a sacrifice.
But is there no struggle inside? Then why would the strong-willed'Christie' among the monks wander around the deserted lake, wandering in the heavy rain trying to listen to his own inner voice.
Yes, don’t hesitate. There are too many sorrows in life. Instead of struggling in embarrassment, it is better to face it calmly, and God has given you so many noble reasons and excuses. God has given too much the inevitability of sacrifice, such as conveying God's love for all people.
When filming the missionary to heal the wounds of a terrorist, the director deliberately chose the composition and image of the masterpiece "Christ Under the Cross" of the Venetian school. And the scenes when the rebel leader died were similar to the photos taken by the U.S. military after Che Guevara died.
The most tragic violence is always initiated in the name of faith.
The director took us to look down on all of these things that have actually happened. The camera is always on the sidelines. The simple long shots seem extraordinarily powerful at this time. The editing avoids any unnecessary transitions and modifications. It is hard and straightforward, as if we were All are gods, watching all this happen. Some are angry and some are afraid that some will die. This is just a busy being.
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