Sergey transferred to a new school for the deaf and dumb. In order to integrate into the group as soon as possible, he joined a juvenile criminal group in the school.
There is no line in this movie, we can only observe them communicating in sign language, but most of these communication-oriented results are violent. The actor's body movements will be extremely wide. When ordinary people speak and communicate, the tone and tone will provide a context for our communication to express our emotions, but the deaf-mute people can only rely on physical communication, so the protagonist in the film We need to increase the range of body language to compensate for the lack of sound context.
Before watching the movie, I thought it would be a cultural conflict or gradually acculturated story of a minority group in the context of mainstream society, but the facts are quite the opposite. This micro-society seems to have a clear boundary with the external society. , And the only exchange between the two seems to be "trading" (robbery, prostitution, selling souvenirs on the train). And this marginalized society seems to be separated from the regulation of the mainstream society.
Due to the lack of norms, we can observe from this social slice a primitive society that worships patriarchy with the supremacy of power. There is a lot of violence and exploitation here. It seems that the context of deaf-mute people is not really to explore the minority. The social nature of the group, but to use this group's full of tension and dramatic expression to reveal that our society has not "from barbarism to civilization", behind the huge shadow called "civilization", there are a large number of barbaric tribes .
Even in this community, there actually exists a complete system of "sexual exploitation" of women. In the evening, the crafts teacher will drive the group of minors to the bus driver gathering place, the male student is responsible for pimping, and the two girls provide sex services to the long-distance driver. In the second half of the film, we can see a character who has spent many years at home and abroad who can introduce girls to Italy. During their visa application process, we can see that male students are very proficient in this set of business. , Very experienced, he can point out the mistakes of the girls when filling out the form. So far, a transnational prostitution industry chain has gradually and clearly unfolded before our eyes.
To me, the deaf-mute tribe is more like a social survey report. The deaf-mute group in Ukraine has not received the attention of mainstream society for a long time and has been marginalized and caused a tragedy. The lack of the right to speak for marginalized groups is definitely not a unique case in Ukraine. Our country’s media environment and the lack of such reports seem to be lacking. In my impression, only the work "Tuina" has promoted the general public’s The cognition of the blind group, but in more places where there is no light, will there be a large number of exploitative industry chains for marginalized groups?
Let's put the perspective back to this film. Sergey returns to school. He takes revenge on everyone in this "tribe". The camera gave him a shot of standing in front of the school. He has lived in this “deaf-mute tribe” for a long time, but has never really integrated into this group. As a marginalized person in the marginalized group, his fate has changed. Where to go...
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