Think how much sadness a little girl can bear. Most people will feel cruel: the weight of life is like the cross of Jesus loaded on her tender body and clear eyes.
"Contrast" can be completely used as an artistic expression of this film, perhaps it is not accurate enough to say so. But my concern is, what does it try to prove by itself? I was wondering: is it purely describing an event or something else? In this regard, I prefer to be more sincere. I tend to overestimate all literature and art, and feel that in addition to reflecting reality itself, a truly great work should also bear a deeper social responsibility - the lowest point is " Punish the evil and promote the good", the highest point should be more philosophical, which can sublimate people's thoughts, comfort people's hearts, and arouse people's thinking about the status quo. Shouldn't it be like this as a supplementary literary film?
I therefore doubt my comprehension. I remember thinking that the film master said: the truth is surrounded by clouds and fog, and only the illusion can be clear and compelling. So is it purely to let people forget the past and devote themselves to real, living life? Is it about the appeal of grief, asking people to learn to be strong and learn to be happy? Is it to show kindness and compassion and the most indestructible kinship and love in the universe?
Before getting into the subject matter, I remember I had to make some self-righteous defenses. I remember some netizens once said: The little girl is very cute, but she is not very normal.
This seems to me to be an overly superficial understanding. In fact, the little girl's seemingly "abnormal" mental performance is a manifestation of normal sadness. Physiologically speaking, within a certain age, children will show some self-talk (like the protagonist in the film) because the central nervous system is not fully developed. The content is misunderstood. Of course, the symptoms of the little protagonist seem to be even worse. She is obsessed with waiting for her mother all day long, and she is even willing to do anything. When she sees her gullible words of her classmates and willing to work hard to become the daughter of God, it makes me cry. But this should be blamed on those overly kind adults: they were so unbearable to tell her the cruel reality and truth, they did not use adult standards to beg her to quickly break free from reality and sadness and grow up, they were creating a warm feeling for her. A soft, seemingly impeccable space to protect her, maybe time can cleanse everything in their eyes. Time can indeed cleanse everything, but the little girl's character has a tendency to be stubborn and almost paranoid, and they all underestimate her love for her mother and the harm the outside world can do to a child who has lost a mother.
Perhaps, we can use emotion to explain her abnormality. What we see in the end is that the hurt caused by love is ultimately saved by love. While the child was weeping in the gloomy cemetery, her mother miraculously appeared (the girl thought it was inevitable)—in flesh and blood. She put on a warm sweater for her, which also warmed her heart. The director arranged such a slightly abrupt fairy tale ending, perhaps because even she couldn't bear it. The development of things was natural: after failing again and again, and being ridiculed by her classmates, her heart was in pain. On the verge of despair, she would rather die, because only death can make her happy, not just because she can see her mother...
But in the end she said: learn to be happy. I was like seeing an adult depressed patient finally get out of the misery. The situation was so similar that I was crying unimaginably in pain. So in an instant reason is overwhelmed by emotion, I think what meaning should I pursue? Tears are the best meaning.
Such a mature film. The stingy sky, the vast but slightly desolate grass, the child's eyes full of thought under the bare branches in winter, I was conquered and willing to be deceived.
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