"The Breadwinner" contains three layers of reality, the first is the reality of Elephant King, the second is the reality that Parvana is in, and the third is the reality of the audience listening to the story of "The Breadwinner". There are many contrasts between these three layers of reality, and it is only by finding these contrasts that we can better understand the theme the film aims to convey.
The reality of the story and the reality of the story
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① "Suleman Helps the Unable to Milk the Goat" and "Parvana Helps the Unable to Read Letters"
② "Suleman found the mirror as a shining item" and "Parvana saw the halo of the moon (Hala) as a shining item"
③ "Suleman fell into a narrow well" and "Parvana hid in a narrow cave"
④ "Suleman retrieved the seeds representing food (hope of survival) for the villagers" and "Pavana brought back food for the family (hope of survival)"
⑤ "Elephant King makes thunder loud" and "The sound of military planes flying over the city in reality where Parvana is"
The reality of the story and the reality of the audience
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① "Elephant King was moved by Suleman's story and returned the seeds that belonged to the villagers" and "A real audience (whether) was moved by Parwana's story and returned the seeds that belonged to the Afghan people"
② "At the end of the film, the creator used Parwana's mouth to say, 'It is rain and dew that nourishes flowers, not rolling thunder (below)'" once again echoes the roaring military planes flying over Afghanistan in reality, and those who drive the military planes are exactly In the name of "good for the Afghan people (moisturizing flowers)", it only brought thunderous thunder to this area
③ "Parvana's father's childhood experience" and "The real experience of what happened to civilians in Afghanistan"
The theme of the story
With the above comparison, it is not difficult to see that this film uses Parvana as a carrier to tell the story of "Suleman" again, and the audiences of the two stories are the people in Parvana's reality and the audience in reality. . Parwana changed her life because of the story of "Suleman". Can the life of Afghans in reality, as well as the lives of people in all war-torn areas, be changed because of Parwana's story? This kind of influence on reality certainly can't be achieved with a "Breadwinner", but the film does so with the somewhat idealistic truth that 'story has the power to change reality', which is usually not reflected in a single film. (Maybe "The Crucible"?), but every time a similar movie is produced, some parts of the world that were previously not heard and understood begin to have their own voice and be known by others, and this process itself It is subtly changing the reality of the audience. As the end of the film (the first sentence in the picture above) said, "Raise your words, not your voice." Wherever the story with the text reaches, no matter how big or small the voice is, it is changing.
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