People at that time were imprisoned, both physically and mentally. In "The World Unseen," Jacob, a man of color, is determined to break through the barriers of racial segregation in pursuit of his own happiness. So, he dressed up and appeared in the post office, ready to express his love to Madeleine Smith, a white woman who runs the post office business, but was hit by a young policeman who was patrolling here. The police not only scolded Jacob for not standing with Madeleine, who is white, but also prepared to enforce the law. Fortunately, Madeleine was witty and lied that Jacob was his driver, which saved Jacob from going to the police station and being humiliated. But this also dimmed Jacob's share of happiness that seemed to be at his fingertips, and all that was full of enthusiasm was left in an instant - I can't. Just think: in front of a woman you like, you can't pursue openly and openly, and even saying a few words together is considered a crime. This strong love will only slowly turn into ashes, and one day it will not be. re-exist. As Madeleine Smith said in the film: We have all lost our human dignity in this place. This was the helplessness of a small number of white people with conscience in South Africa at that time, but they were only helpless. They were also forced by reality and succumbed to power. Most of them were just bystanders and sympathy for the non-national treatment of other people of color. It is rare and unimaginable for the police to help Jacob under the obscenity.
The omnipresence of heavy shackles. Rehmat and James Winston violated the 1949 law prohibiting interracial marriage (Rehmat is Indian, James Winston is white), and they were rounded up by the police. In order to arrest the two as soon as possible, the vicious police threatened Miriam's three young children, coercing the weak and helpless Miriam to reveal the hiding place of Rehmat and James Winston (Rehmat is Miriam's sister-in-law). The coquettish Farah poured out the fact that Rehmat was hidden by the cafe owner Amina in order to clear the relationship. This blatant betrayal actually happened between Farah and Rehmat, who are still related (Farah is Miriam's sister-in-law). Farah's explanation just pleased those minions. The police couldn't wait to slam the door and leave, leaving Farah with an uneasy face... People are separated from each other by bizarre laws, and they are ruthless to the point of madness. Any kind of family, friendship, and love can be ignored. Obedience and submission have become the main theme of people's lives, and violence is raging in every corner of the country.
Luckily, there's also a café in this town that people of all kinds see as their last safe haven. When it is cold and windy outside, this place can still be called warm as spring; when the police are showing their teeth and claws, they can sing and dance; when the women are trembling with their husbands and children, but they can't help being trampled by their husbands, the boss here, Amina, is wearing a fat dress. of men's shirts and men's trousers owns a cafe, and dares to bluntly express that he can't cook, and will marry someone who can cook in the future. Although there is no shortage of jokes in this remark, it also shows that there were not only the shackles of apartheid laws at that time, but also the huge shackles of male superiority and female inferiority. Housewife Miriam and husband Omar already have three children. Like many families at the time, husband Omar dominated everything, including wife Miriam. Kind Miriam was slapped to the ground by her husband for helping a black man who was hit by a car. "Your duty is to take care of me, not those niggers ("niggers" were the contempt for black people at that time by white people)." The husband would go so far as to dominate his wife's thoughts and emotions. No wonder Amina sighed: Mirian never forgets to pour tea for others and tell me, has anyone taken good care of you? Even though Mirian was unwilling, there was nothing he could do, and he could only bear it silently. Fortunately, Amina's appearance ignited the flames deposited in Mirian's heart, and also made Mirian's silent heart flutter. Mirian is no longer content with the small world of children and her husband, and she is actively rushing to a bigger stage. When her husband raised his slap again, Mirian dared to ask her husband to communicate with her in a better way; when Amina wanted to get close to her in the way of a teaching car, she knew the intention of the other party and agreed. The implicit same-sex love between the two is extremely dazzling in the film; when Amina asked Mirian to be a chef in her own cafe, Mirian finally used rusty driving skills to crash a potted plant and appeared in the cafe. ... Mirian, led by Amina, is getting closer to the humanity and freedom they long for. How far they can go is not explained at the end of the film, and we don't know. But if you can appreciate the firmness on the faces of the heroines Amina and Mirian in the film, then the road of resistance will never give up, and will go on and on.
The apartheid policy ruthlessly wiped out too much beauty in the world, but the South African government once justified the notorious apartheid policy: the Republic of South Africa is a multi-ethnic country with different traditional cultures and customs, and different languages. . Let each ethnic group develop independently, not apart from apartheid, but to develop independently. High-sounding reasons cannot hide the unpopularity of apartheid laws, and sophistry shows the decay and decline of the system. Thirty years later in South Africa, the Population Registration Act, the Aboriginal Lands Act and the Group Area Act were repealed, and the apartheid policy was legally abolished. Is there equality and harmony among all races from now on? Can men and women be treated equally? The answer is: not necessarily. It is not an easy task to change the sea into a mulberry field. If Yu Gong can move mountains, he must be able to eradicate these deep-rooted cancers. There is a long way to go.
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