7 years is a lifetime, let alone 25 years?

Joy 2022-01-27 08:05:20

I haven't seen such a good film for a long time. A good film will have a kind of power that reaches people's hearts. Just like the college students in the Republic of China who went to the drama once a week to experience the charm of culture immersively, watching a movie once a week can play the same role, gain something and inspire people to think.

The pictures taken are very real, except for the affections of family, love, dedication and persistence.

What impresses me more in this film is the gap between the rich and the poor, which is bigger than I imagined. A person is in a different living environment, the situation will be so different, it is completely like two worlds. I also knew the gap between people on this planet before, but when you really step into a different life, your understanding of the world will be more profound.

One is dire straits, more than 80,000 children go missing every year, and the missing children will face indifference from traffickers, pedophiles, and the entire society and culture; . As the protagonist said in the play, now I am living a prosperous life every day, and thinking of the days when my relatives are still looking for me and suffering from poverty, I feel uneasy all day long.

Reflect on if the protagonist has not been lost, if he is still in that small backward and closed village in India, what will it look like in 25 years? It is the same life, will his life be more exciting than now? Will it do everything in its power to see a wider world?

I don't think so.

As Li Xiaolai said, seven years is a lifetime. How many waves can we outsiders make in the mighty torrent of history, not passively but actively changing our own destiny? It is also 24 hours a day, why some people can change their lives against the sky, while others work hard all day but get nothing, and live in poverty all their lives?

It is worthwhile for us to reflect and reflect on our own life.

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Lion quotes

  • Saroo Brierley: I'm sorry you couldn't have your own kids.

    Sue Brierley: What are you saying?

    Saroo Brierley: We... we... weren't blank pages, were we? Like your own would have been. You weren't just adopting us but our past as well. I feel like we're killing you.

    Sue Brierley: I could have had kids.

    Saroo Brierley: What?

    Sue Brierley: We chose not to have kids. We wanted the two of you. That's what we wanted. We wanted the two of you in our lives.That's what we chose.

    [pause]

    Sue Brierley: That's one of the reasons I fell in love with your dad.

    [pause]

    Sue Brierley: Because we both felt as if... the world has enough people in it. Have a child, couldn't guarantee it will make anything better. But to take a child that's suffering like you boys were. Give you a chance in the world. That's something.

  • Saroo Brierley: Do you have any idea what it's like knowing my real brother and mother spent every day of their lives looking for me? Huh? How every day my real brother screams my name? Can you imagine the pain they must be in not knowing where I am?