"For Sama" - NZIFF New Zealand International Film Festival II

Collin 2022-03-20 09:02:46

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This is a documentary documenting the Syrian civil war. The film does not record the battlefield, but the location of the inhabitants of the rear, mainly the hospital. Although there was no fierce gunfight, the sound of guns, the bombardment of shells, the destroyed homes, and the people who were sent to the hospital for treatment were heard from time to time in the movie, which is enough to make people feel the disaster brought by the war, as well as the psychological trauma.

Apart from politics, religion, etc., the civil war is not discussed, but the film itself. The director (female reporter) is also the main shooting editor, and her husband (the head of the left-behind hospital). The director tells the civil war that he has experienced for several years in the first person, and records it with video, leaving her daughter who was born in the civil war---Sama. You can think that this is shooting for the audience, or it can be understood as this It is a precious image left by the director to his daughter Sama's parents, in case of an accident.

The film is a true record of the catastrophic effects of war. So many homes are destroyed, and some scenes may cause extreme discomfort to the audience. Most of the shots let the audience see sympathy, sentimentality, surprise, and many people quietly wiped their tears. Of course, there are also joys in the midst of hardship, and it also makes people see hope. For example, a pregnant woman was injured by a cannonball and had to plan her belly for delivery. However, the newborn child was not breathing. , I think other viewers are holding their breaths like me, maybe thinking that the child is not saved (because there were more casualties before), I didn't expect the little life to cry, and the mother and child are safe. This is the first time I have seen such a real scene, the feeling is really indescribable.

Another example is that there was a period of time when they didn't have a lot of food, not even fruit. One day, the director's good friend gave her wife a persimmon. This sudden surprise, if it is not a real record, may not really be expressed by "acting".

The truth is in the film, and I admire the perseverance of the director and husband, as well as his friends and colleagues. They could have stayed out of the Civil War quarantine, or at least let the kids out, but they didn't, and returned to quarantine with Sama. Their hope for life, disappointment, hope again, helplessness, and desire to rebuild their homes. The sound of gunfire is used to children, and the trauma in their hearts is difficult to heal. I think that after many years, in a peaceful and comfortable life, a sudden sound will still make them tremble, and they will occasionally think of their relatives. , friends, neighbors. . . Their childhood memories, their former home, they will go back.

After watching the movie, I really feel that we live in a comfortable environment, and sometimes we really don't know how happy we are. How important is long-term stability to a country, this is the cornerstone of a country and a nation's continued development, I really want to use the line of Uncle Benshan, looking at the world, the scenery here is unique. Because of what, because our nation has experienced wars and has been invaded, we know that life today is hard-won.

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Extended Reading
  • Ruthe 2022-03-19 09:01:08

    From the very beginning, the director firmly stated the opposition's position. She used the camera to record the story of Aleppo before and after the besieged city. Sama’s smile, the sudden sound of guns, the crying of babies born after abdomen, the disappearance of the hospital in the monitor, the fuel bombs dropped by the gunship, the return of the Waad family through the line of fire, and the countless lives lost in the film, everything There is no way to pre-determine the script, and the realism that comes over the face only makes people feel at a loss.

  • Archibald 2022-03-27 09:01:20

    According to the neighbor's mother in the film, this is "everyday bombing soap operas". From "The White Helmets", which praised the controversial ambulance agency, to the despairing "Final in Aleppo", to "For Sama", which completely turned the mobile phone camera into its own organs, and "For Sama", which was distributed to the Nusra Front. Children of Terrorists" is an episode of "Aleppo Sad Story" that Syrian anti-government producers have customized for the Oscars every year. Speaking of which, for Sama, since the filming equipment has become part of the director's organ, she can really be filled with so much bloody or warm material from beginning to end. Coupled with the editing based on maternal love, a "private record" that is technically unavoidably low-quality and emotionally rich and moving is perfected. But what about the starting point for taking huge risks? Apparently the enthusiasm from the liberal university threw out a self-inflicted false proposition of "freedom or family", well, after all, the light of democracy is buried deep in the heart of this beautiful reporter.

For Sama quotes

  • Waad Al-Khateab: Sama. You're the most beautiful thing in our life. But what a life I've brought you into. You didn't choose this. Will you ever forgive me?

  • Waad Al-Khateab: The sound of our songs was louder than the bombs falling outside