Where Do We Go: The war doesn't stop, the pain continues

In a small village that has been on the verge of war all the year round, not only are the landmines buried near the village all over the place, which can explode and kill people at any time, the religious beliefs of the people living in the village are even more complicated, and fierce quarrels break out from time to time. In this near-widow village, in order to keep the remaining men alive, the women took the initiative to raise funds to invite a group of coquettish girls, and did everything possible to get the men's conspiracy plan, especially the hiding place of the guns. . The hard work pays off, the men can't resist the girl's rhythm, and the widows successfully find out the men's plans and the location of the guns, and destroy all the guns. However, the second son of a widow was killed in a bomb while out, leaving the family and friends who were dying to continue to be immersed in the torment of the war, which will never end.

The film is adapted from real events and written, directed and acted by Lebanese female director Nadi Labaki, who uses the vision of a small mountain village to explore the profound anti-war concept. In order to keep men from paying attention to political news and current affairs, a group of women burned newspapers and destroyed TV sets. They didn't even dare to tell the truth when their own children were killed, for fear of causing another unnecessary dispute. In the case of unstoppable men's implementation of the plan, invite the hot girls to dance to temporarily distract the men's attention, and add hypnotic drugs to the food to make everyone drowsy, just to gain a short quiet time .

At the 36th Toronto International Film Festival in 2011, this film defeated many heavyweight films such as "The President's Killing Bureau", "My Skin", "Descendants", "The Artist", etc., and won the People's Choice Award for the best. Feature Film Awards. Many actresses showed their acting skills at the post-movie level. Although this is a comedy with a sense of joy, love singing and dancing, and no loss of humor, in the context of the war, there are two appearances at the beginning and end of the movie. The scene in the cemetery, especially the line where the men asked, "Where are we going now?" after the men carried the coffins in the cemetery and couldn't find the burial place at the end, still made the audience ponder deeply.

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