South Africa's vast grasslands, scorching but not dazzling sunshine, whites, blacks, people of color, mixed race. Racial discrimination still exists, and the relationship between people is delicate and complex.
As an ordinary Indian young housewife, miriam has the responsibility of taking care of her children and her husband, but she has never really lived for herself. She could be better off. However, the traditional understanding of women in society at that time bound her firmly. One day, she looked at the rising sun outside the window, thinking of her third child to be born, with helplessness and compromise in her amber eyes.
In a way, the appearance of amina is like a light in miriam's life. This pretty woman dressed like a man is confident, enthusiastic, has a kind of hard work, drives a car, has her own career, and does not rely on men to live. Everything about her is unlike any other woman. This undoubtedly deeply touched the soft part of Miriam's heart. She may have low self-esteem, but she yearns for longing, and she will retreat, thinking that her wishes are extravagant. They showed the sharp contradictions of the society at that time, but perhaps because of this, they were attracted to each other.
The characteristics of amina are what miriam hopes to have. With amina, miriam seems to gradually regain her self and self-confidence. miriam likes amina, and by her side, she can be who she wants to be. For Amina, miriam is love, belonging, and the person who frees himself from constraints and being someone else. These two needs are intertwined, and they become close and similar.
At the end of the film, miriam drove his car to the front of the Amina coffee shop. Smiling, she decides to come to work. She and her, the corners of the mouth raised the same arc. This is a new starting point for the relationship between the two, and it is also a portrayal of the society at that time. Fight for freedom and rights.
Still remember the poems that amina sent to miriam. It seems to be George Herbert's [love], which is a good metaphor for the relationship between the two. The ambiguity of the near and far, the burning desire in the eyes, the effort to restrain, the release of the hand, the embrace that is far away, is just right and powerful at the same time.
All in all, I liked this movie. Casting is also good.
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