Before Keira was born, I must have turned a blind eye to this kind of film about children without a plot. First, I don't like children, and I think they are ignorant and troublesome and have no way to communicate. Second, I know that I can't sit still and watch movies that don't have ups and downs. But this mentality changed automatically after becoming a mother. "Mother's love is overwhelming" is really appropriate. Whenever I see the innocent eyes and bulging cheeks of the little baby, I can't help but want to kiss and hug. So when I first saw the cover profile of bebes, I couldn't help but click it and couldn't take my eyes off it. From the babies opening their eyes for the first time to standing up swayingly, they are so fragile and indestructible, so "inexperienced" but real. The Japanese baby grinned and showed the first smile in his sleep, which was exactly the same as Keira. Such details, so that every mother can see the shadow of her child, depends on the director's intention and skill.
What I admire most about the film is his perspective without borders and discrimination. It is true that the living conditions in the African deserts and Mongolian grasslands are not comparable to those in Japan and the United States, but this does not affect the children's self-satisfaction. Some people may say "that's because they don't know that the living conditions are poor", but with Why do sensible adults with all material conditions have no smile that comes from the heart? It is precisely because the children are "not sensible" that their expressions are the most moving. There is also undifferentiated maternal love. No matter what the environment is, the mother's eyes when looking at the child are so soft. In this documentary without dialogue, the most touching line is that the babies learn to call "mother" by babbling. It turns out that this is the common language in the world.
Of course, the movie only selects warm clips. All mothers know what life is like after giving birth to a baby, and they have been troubled by endless distress and lack of sleep. The director avoided these, probably to keep the audience, or not to scare young people who have not yet given birth (joke). The director himself has children, and the moments when these children grow up are what he thinks are most worthy of recording, including the unreliability of the father with the baby, which makes people smile. After watching the video, I couldn't help but want to go home and hug that little warm flesh.
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