** "The Life of Zucchini" is titled Ma vie de courgette / My Life as a Courgette / My Life As A Zucchini (2016), alias Cuiyugua's Years (Hong Kong) / Kugua Life (Taiwan).
French clay stop motion animation. The film is adapted from the novel "Autobiography of a Zucchini" by French writer Gil Paris, directed by Claude Ballas, a director from Switzerland.
The film is only 65 minutes long, which is not a standard-length film. The main reason is the production cost. The director took a group of people to design, set, and shoot, and could only produce 3 seconds of content every day.
Slow work and meticulous work, although the progress is relatively slow and the time is relatively short, the effect of the finished film shot frame by frame is very good. Every detail reflects the thought of the creators.
The film uses very refreshing and clean pictures to tell a simple, cute and pure story, which is a little touching after watching it.
The main thing about the movie is storytelling, and The Life of Zucchini tells a very complete story. Although the sparrow is small and complete, the movie is not long, but the content is very full, the story is rich in content, and the characters are full of emotions.
The protagonist of the film is a little boy named Zucchini, and the audience follows the perspective of Zucchini and walks into a group of lonely children.
Zucchini lived with a single mother. After her mother died unexpectedly, Zucchini was sent to an orphanage. There are still many children in the orphanage who have similar experiences with him. Some of the children’s parents both took drugs, some of the children’s parents were imprisoned for robbery, some of the children were sexually assaulted by their biological fathers, and some of the children witnessed their parents shoot themselves. In short, these children They all experienced various misfortunes, lost their guardians, and could only be sent to live in an orphanage.
Just like "I smoke, drink and get tattoos, but I'm a good girl", these children living in orphanages seem to have many problems to outsiders. In fact, it is not these children who have problems, but various misfortunes that cause these The poor child looks like a problem child. Problem children are not problems. These problems are not self-inflicted. They are forced to go to orphanages because of various misfortunes.
Once bitten by a snake for ten years, they were afraid of the rope, and they were full of vigilance. The suffering they suffered was something no one wanted to experience, but they were unlucky enough to encounter it. Therefore, their behaviors such as rebelliousness and indifference are all for the purpose of self-protection, and they cover up their pain in a seemingly strong and domineering way. These kids are happy to open up when someone actually wants to approach them.
The way these children express kindness and love may be different from ordinary people, they will only express it in their own way, after all, they have not been loved. Just as two men calling each other "silly beeps" is a way of showing friendship, these kids will only be friendly in their own way.
As long as the audience can understand them, understand them, they can understand their friendly way.
Life in the orphanage taught the children: "We are all the same, no one loves us." When they saw the mother next to them kissing their children while skiing, they were deeply shocked and envious.
The ending of the film is full of warmth and humanity, and the protagonist is adopted by a kind-hearted policeman. After all, too few people are willing to accept them.
I hope that every child can be treated with tenderness and grow up in love,
When he grows up in this way, he lives with love and is gentle with the world.
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