This film produced in the early 1990s is based on the autobiography of the famous Dutch dance star Rudy Fontaine Adapted from the novel, through his memory of an unforgettable "year-old love" during World War II, he outlines how unforgettable the emotional relationship between people can be. In the small town where the dancer was a teenager, a Canadian army came to In his hometown, one of the handsome and handsome soldiers accidentally walked into his innocent heart, and the innate "spirit" in the boy's eyebrows also made the soldier's heart beat. Lust happened between the two of them wonderfully, and a kind of inexplicable excitement and excitement left an unforgettable imprint on his young mind. Thirty years later, he still deeply misses the officer who drove him crazy.
Many viewers can't accept the romance between a grown man and a 13-year-old boy. Needless to say, if such a thing happened in a country other than the Netherlands, such as the United States, the officer would inevitably have to pay a severe price for his behavior-regardless of whether the boy is willing or not, sex with a minor is a severe punishment under the laws of many countries. the behavior of.
A person can face the darkness directly because he is filled with sunshine. For this sensitive and precocious boy, the soldier who brought him the experience of his first love has become a sacred totem of love in his heart, so every time he recalls, although the sky was often covered with dark clouds and thunderstorms that year, even though people still I can't wake up from the nightmare of war. Although this is a "sinful" love that is unbearable by the world, once the focus of the memory falls on the soldiers, the sky, trees, grass, flowing water, cattle and sheep thirty years ago All of them became vibrant under his tall and handsome figure. With him, the light in his dreams will always be so fresh and bright. In the arms of the soldiers, he feels like a sprout emerging from the ground, full of sprouting and The passion for growth, and the free and easy smile on the corner of the soldier's mouth brings long-term warmth to his young and lonely heart.
It is said that there was such a tradition of "homosexual education" in ancient Greece, "When a fifteen- or sixteen-year-old boy has received the traditional basic education, he is placed under the wing of an older man. This adult is called "erastes"; the juveniles are called the beloved (eromenos, "brothers" who receive love and protection). This adult is usually responsible for the moral and mental development of the teenager, treating the teenager with kindness, understanding, warmth, and pure love for the sole purpose of cultivating the teenager's moral perfection. In war, they fought side by side; if the young man made a mistake, the adult was punished for the young man. When a teenager grows up, he either gets married or becomes the protector of another teenager, the "lover". There are also many such patterns in the depiction of homosexuality in ancient Greek frescoes and faience paintings: young men seek pleasure from teenagers, while the latter are always passive and reserved. Bestum in southern Italy was once a colony of the Greeks. The painted pottery vase found here in 1968 also has many such depictions. The most typical one is the so-called "up and down position" by scholars, an adult male One hand caressed the cheek of the boy, and the other reached his body..." (The above quote is from "The Blossoming of "Heavenly Love" in the World - Gay Men in Ancient Greece")
"Soldiers and Boys", this war-based drama The Dutch film completely shifts people from the fear of war to the exploration of what human emotions can reach, and breaks through the differences between language, culture, age, country and belief - until the boy grows up, The soldier's brother engraved in his heart has become his endless source of courage in the face of difficult life. The soldier's brother's warmth enables him to always embrace a grateful and compassionate world in this world where "everything grows in filth". Feelings...
The end of the film is when the soldiers leave with the garrison, and the boy calls out to his lover in the storm. Only a pure and flawless heart can make such a sincere and shocking cry, and only one who has not been affected by any secular Only from this kind of "crime" can the infected soul experience the deep love that the world cannot feel. A little clear light in the boy's pure eyes makes his beauty like a green tree that emerges from the mud and is not stained. He, "Everything grows in filth" is a memorable line in this film. I think, only the love of a boy can maintain a forever pure and clean fragrance in this filthy world.
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