Just because she took a small step forward

Darian 2022-03-21 08:01:02

Last night, the ending of the Indian movie "Moon River" played on the Central 6

was really sad. The eldest sister put little Chuya on the train that had already left, and asked the "defection" male host to take the bus to Gandhi - the god who lives in her heart. , while he was standing on the platform not knowing where to go, his eyes were full of sorrow.

The heart of adults is always so strong but not brave enough!

Why didn't she jump on the train herself and escape? It's because she hasn't figured it out yet, or she just can't figure it out at all, they are used to the imprisoned and miserable life and don't know how to resist. She can decide Xiao Chuya's future because of her own awakening or anger for one second, but she can't change her life. Standing on the platform, she can't go back, can't go back to yesterday, and can't enter the future, just because she took a small step forward, this is the most honest statement this film left us. , a soul standing half a step ahead of her comrades, a sombre declaration to the whole world she thought she was in - I'm terrified and sad, but I don't know what to do!


The music is gentle and desolate, the dead girl is beautiful and sad, the angry son has fled to hope...

The train at the end of the film is a symbol of national hope. Fortunately, they have Gandhi,

the hero of India, who said: God is not the truth, the truth is God. He was challenging his national beliefs

. At that moment, he became the only trust in the eldest sister's heart. At the same time, the eldest sister, as a half-awake soul, also began to doubt the credibility of the Indian polytheism she held, but she was full of grievances and powerlessness. After all, she Too small, there is only one person, and the train of hope, carrying a train of fresh life and their Gandhi, left her with the long sound of the whistle!


"According to a survey in 2001, there are more than 34 million widows in India, and most of them are still not far from what was stipulated in the Code of Manu two thousand years ago." According to their scriptures, widows have three outcomes. The dead husband is buried, one is the brother who can marry the husband if the family agrees, and the other is to live in a widow's house forever, like in the film. Most of them are illiterate. They are fooled by the state and religion into the bounded destiny, and become playthings of the powerful or religious sacrifices. Until the end of their lives, no one will respect them anymore.


If we were screenwriters, we would make a funny sequel to make life no longer sad, turn that city over, and affect that country!

Not because we are great, but because we are more than half a step ahead, we are standing on a higher level.

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Water quotes

  • [from trailer]

    Chuyia's Father: [to young Chuyia] Child. Do you remember getting married? Your husband is dead. You're a widow now.

  • [from trailer]

    Narayana: All the old traditions are dying out.

    Kalyani: But what is good should not die out.

    Narayana: And who will decide what is good and what is not?

    Kalyani: You!