In Leningrad city (now renamed St. Petersburg) that had only been tortured by the war, tall Iya (Viktoria Miroshnichenko played by Viktoria Miroshnichenko) was seriously injured on the battlefield and stayed in the wartime hospital to take care of the nurses. Disabled soldier here. She also brought a little boy who was entrusted to her by a comrade on the front line. Unfortunately, one day Yiya's old illness relapsed and the whole body became stiff and the child was smothered to death.
Her comrade-in-arms, the child's mother Martha, came back from the front and found her (Vasilisa Perelygina). She applied for a job in the hospital. She told her leader that she and Yi Ya had been comrades in the anti-aircraft force, and Yi Ya returned to the rear due to injuries. She followed the troops all the way to Berlin. The doctor told her that she was already barren due to the operation after the injury, but she wanted a child of her own. So she asked Yiya to help her have a baby as a make up. For this matter, the two of them worked hard for a long time without success.
Martha met a second-generation official boyfriend. But his mother didn't give her a good face and humiliated her a lot. Martha decided that she would spend the rest of her life with Yiya in the future. She also said that she must have a child as tall as Yiya.
Leningrad was besieged to death by German forces throughout World War II. Under the German blockade, there was no assistance for most of the time except for shells and bombs. Famine engulfed the besieged city. It is cold and gloomy in Leningrad when the war can be imagined. By the time of the siege, many of the remaining soldiers who were traumatized by the war were ordinary people who had endured years of hunger and cold. In such an environment, life is almost worthless. At the beginning of the film, it was mentioned that the child had never heard a dog barking, because he had been eaten up by the hungry. It became a joke here, but it was also a joke with tears. People who died of freezing and starvation were lying on the street. In the two years and four months of the siege, 1.5 million people lost their lives. Even after the war, a severely wounded man who was completely paralyzed was unwilling to increase the burden on the family, and he was unwilling to spend his life in a nursing home. The nurse helped him to euthanize (is it true?). Having had this experience, people seem to be numb to everything.
Take the United States as an example. The service period is 8 years, while the frontline is 6 to 12 months, and the rest period is one year to one and a half years. This is still a war between the world's superpowers and a small country, mainly to wipe out armed insurgents (all have continued for almost ten years). It cannot be compared with the cruelty of the hard-core battle between the Soviet Union and Germany in World War II. Even so, after they were discharged from the army, in addition to being wounded by war, they often suffered psychological trauma from the traumatic sequelae. It is possible to understand the psychological state of the people in the Soviet Union after the war. Not to mention female soldiers. The mothers of the second generation of officials said very thoroughly and cruelly. They regarded them as military prostitutes. Whether it was so, but it also explained their situation.
With a few more words, I actually don't agree with the director's view. It is so unbearable to say happy peace. No matter how bitter, no matter how cold, no matter how poor, it is countless times better than fighting. I have watched many war movies, and the most pleasant time is the relaxed atmosphere at the end of the war. I remember that at the end of "The English Patient" "The English Patient (1996)", which was full of death and bloody painful experiences, Juliette Binoche was sitting on the back of the truck with a smile and her back facing the sun, feeling for her happiness Very happy. War is traumatic, but peace is the best medicine. Yiya and Martha are still young, and the love between them is firmer. There will be various opportunities in the future. In the future, as Martha said, they will have a child, and the three will live happily together. As I said below, the ruined palace can be restored from the ruins to its former glory, not to mention the two young people.
Today St. Petersburg is a beautiful city with countless beautiful palaces, museums and churches. Before the siege of Leningrad, the museum transported many treasures to the rear. The sculptures that are difficult to move are buried underground. Although many imperial palaces were blown up during the German occupation, they were basically rebuilt after the war. Many exhibits can be returned to their original places, giving people the opportunity to appreciate beauty and wisdom.
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