What shocks is the vitality in the ruins

Wendy 2022-01-21 08:02:07

Because of the relationship between environment and education, everyone has their own ideology and worldview. The director's first-view shooting is quite intuitive, putting the sound of one after another of warplanes, the rumbling of bombing, the deaths and wounds of ordinary people, howls, and the bloody reality of war before the audience. Although I disagree with some of the director's views, she certainly has her own position. In her opinion, her home is destroyed, and even the hospital has been bombed. What happened is indeed beyond ordinary people's mind and body.

Talk about a few of the most memorable shots:

The children painted on the bus that was destroyed by the bombing, which showed me the hope of living well in the war. The gray background also has sporadic colors. As the director said, as a parent, try to give your children the best growth possible. . When they had to be exiled to other places, they gave the camera lens of the damaged bus and said they would definitely return, but everyone knew that this home might not come back in their lifetime.

After taking out the child for an injured parturient by caesarean section, the child had no pulse at first, did not seem to have a trace of vitality, no breathing, no ups and downs, and the complexion was heavy, but the doctor did not give up, the child did not give up, and finally cried. Announcing the coming of life. It is always good to be alive, but then this child and his family may face a series of survival problems: eating at home and being bombed, standing on the balcony being bombed, shortage of supplies, white-haired people sending black-haired people, and so on. Is it the right choice to give birth under such conditions and environment?

What I admire most in the documentary is the director’s husband Hamza, who is a doctor. He insisted on saving people on the front line. One hospital was bombed and another was built. A broken hospital with very poor medical conditions, receiving hundreds of patients every day, and performing hundreds of operations before and after (the numbers may be wrong) , Healing and saving people, doctors are really great.

Have a dream that can never be realized. Even if there is no fairy tale, I hope that children can grow up in an environment without guns.

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For Sama quotes

  • Waad Al-Khateab: Sama. You're the most beautiful thing in our life. But what a life I've brought you into. You didn't choose this. Will you ever forgive me?

  • Waad Al-Khateab: The sound of our songs was louder than the bombs falling outside