The film begins with the children's journey back to school, showing us the children's playfulness. In boarding schools, strict institutions and rotten dogma suppress children's nature and freedom. The three restless boys were immediately given zero points for conduct and were placed in confinement, and even the new superintendent was brutally treated.
Attempts to domesticate children's personalities and suppress their nature by means of conduct assessment. But the kids didn't give in. They made plans to rebel against the boarding school system. They had a "pillow fight" on the eve of the school's celebration. Under the director's upgraded shot, the cotton in the pillows floated and the children held flags high Walking forward, it symbolizes the youth and vitality of the children, and is poetic. In the end, the children destroyed the school celebration and climbed to the roof. The camera was frozen in a panoramic upside-down shot, marking the children's victory and declaring their freedom and high spirits. Under the oppressive boarding school system, we can still see a bit of poetry behind the cruel reality, which is the director's beautiful poetic expression.
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