On the tree top
Whem the wind blows
The cradle will rockPlot
introduction (zz):
Before the outbreak of the war, an old man came home with a "preparation booklet" issued by the government, and his wife prepared it for him as usual Delicious food and milk tea. Soon the radio broadcast the news that the war was about to start, so the old man started to set up an air raid shelter tent according to the introduction in the booklet... The war finally started, and the two old people survived the air raid. They were very optimistic and waited. The arrival of the National Emergency Relief Organization. Did their optimism lead to a happy ending to their story? Did the National Emergency Rescue Agency really come to rescue them? What happened during this period?
This is an animated film based on the comics of British comic book master Raymond Briggs. An animation that makes people more and more sad, occasionally amused by the "meticulous" serious attitude of the old couple, with such a smile on the corner of the mouth, but it is also bitter. In the film, there is an old lady standing in the garden, her thoughts gradually emerge as a girlish dream with the dandelions blown away in her hands, which is warm and beautiful, and the dynamic sense of animation is also expressed here just right.
Comic master Raymond Briggs is an environmentalist whose works often focus on issues that threaten human existence, such as freshwater shortages, acid rain, sea pollution, population explosion, and more. After the 1970s, due to the successive deaths of his parents and his wife, the theme of his works turned to sadness and longing. "When the Wind Blows" is a work created in the later period. The more I see the happy face of the old man pretending to be "indifferent" in the film, the more sadness I feel in my heart. Until finally, they put on paper bags and returned to the shelter built with door panels, murmured their prayers to God, and they seemed to become ethereal... Suddenly they felt: no matter what, there is hope for those who have faith People are always happy.
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