Hidden Life

Nola 2022-03-22 09:02:38

A war movie without war scenes, but exploring something deeper than war.

A farmer who used to be indifferent to the world made a so-called stupid insistence that everyone saw that it was do no one good and that no one cared about it.

Yes, once compromising and doing something that goes against the heart, it means that he will always bear the stain. It is admirable that the protagonist is willing to give up his life in order to obey his heart and never back down.

"It is the people who want to change the world, who make the world fall into fire frequently." Of course, every piece of firewood in the fire is not innocent. I wonder if the neighbors in the village will show respect for the protagonist's choice in a long time, or even if I don't think there is any regret or guilt for the unfair treatment of them.

In a sense, suffering injustice is for oneself, and resisting injustice is for others. Every time someone in this world suffers injustice in silence, it is a loss of human conscience. Of course, I may be overthinking it, because there has never been such a thing as human conscience.

Fortunately, George Eliot's words at the end are on point, I hope Those living a hidden life and rest in unvisited tombs has done what he or she deems right.

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A Hidden Life quotes

  • Lorenz Schwaninger: [Talking to his daughter Fani, who is also Franz Jägerstätter's wife, about Franz's imprisonment and the resultant mistreatment that the family is facing] Better to suffer injustice than to do it.

  • Closing Title Card: ...the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs. -George Eliot