When I first watched the film, I really thought it was a very important secret document in the concentration camp that needed to be sent to Copenhagen, because the atmosphere and music of the film created a tense and scary atmosphere.
The bespectacled adult in the concentration camp is the only person who treats David well. He is the only warm existence among those numb, indifferent and cruel people. The preconceived idea is that he tried his best to help David escape from the concentration camp, so I was preconceived. I thought he was behind David's plan to escape training camp
The man said to David: "I know you don't want to spend the rest of your life in training camp like this, if you want to escape, you have to do as I say, you have to protect this letter and never give it to anyone at any time. Look, including yourself. The outside world is a scarier world, and you can't trust anyone." In this way, David escaped the training camp in a thrilling manner with this man's exhortation, and he came to the outside world.
David can't breathe fresh air freely. His long-term fearful lifestyle in training camp and the phrase "you can't trust anyone" have been deeply engraved in his heart and imprisoned his young mind, making him express. A 12-year-old lacks melancholy and maturity. There are always two very contradictory forces fighting in his dreams. On the one hand, the officer in the training camp pointed a gun at him and said to kill him. The family moves carefully in the crowd; on the other side is the warm and kind smile of the mother in the dream, he longs for love and care, and a happy and normal family, but every time he faces the back of his mother leaving and waking up, everything is wrong. reality of re-existence. I think it is very wise for the director to use two diametrically opposite dreams to deal with the two opposing feelings of David. It is not abrupt and naturally conveys his thoughts to the viewers. Let's talk about the setbacks David encountered along the way. Maybe because of the movie, David's successful escape from the concentration camp seems to be the blessing of his keen reflexes and a little luck. In reality, it may be very cruel. Few people escape from the heavily defended concentration camp. come out. Then there is the scene where David got off the boat and needs to swim from the sea to the shore, which was also taken lightly by the director, so I don't have much impression of the hardships and tribulations David encountered along the way.
On the contrary, he has a great experience of the changes in David's understanding and attitude of human nature when he entered "this more terrifying society". At the beginning, David kept a high degree of vigilance towards everyone, and always felt that someone wanted to kill him and wanted to harm him. Now people seem to have persecution paranoia. Dare to work in a bakery in exchange for food to fill his stomach; Dare to accept the little girl's admiration for him, he can only secretly leave and wish her happiness; Dare to take a ride with strangers easily; Dare to believe that others treat him goodwill expressed
Slowly, he began to rethink slowly through his own observations and the actions of others. Not everyone is as insensitive as the people in the concentration camps, and the outside world is not "a more terrifying world". There are real people. He really wanted to help him, and there really is warmth and warmth in the world. A scene I remember very well is that David was attracted to a church by the singing. After he entered, a policeman came. David was as shocked as before, but he recalled everything he had experienced along the way and began to overcome With the fear and worry in his heart, he mustered up the courage to greet the policeman next to him with a smile. Of course, the policeman also showed a warm smile.
Many times we don't believe in love and warmth, not because we don't have it, but because we have closed ourselves up and don't feel, experience, and live with our heart. Maybe you have experienced many dark and fearful moments in your life, which made you lose hope and confidence in the world, and you began to choose indifference, numbness, and selfishness, not to explore the value and meaning of life. But the world is such a mirror, you WeChat it will return you a smile, you will be angry and it will be angry with you, if you cry it will shed tears at you, and it will bemoan you when you are sad. Therefore, the choice is entirely yours, your life is yours to decide, how you want to live is up to you, you are always ready to smile, and time will always return your kindness. I think this is what the director wanted to express.
There are things in the movie that I didn't expect. It was not the middle-aged man with glasses that helped David escape, but the terrifying and fierce officer who had been pointing a gun at him in David's dreams. It can be said that the director hid well. And the most tender scene in the movie - David finally arrived in Copenhagen to complete the mission of the letter and hugged his beloved mother. David's mother was the same officer who helped her escape from the camp. I feel that the last one is also a very touching point. An officer in the concentration camp has completed the escape and reunion of a mother and son. This is a great feat in the context of the cruel and bloody World War II. It is also a kind of consolation for people in World War II. The director's performance is just right with the small and big way.
Finally, may every kind person be treated gently by this world
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