This movie is so good that people don't realize that it's a documentary, and it doesn't degenerate into a didactic film that only shoots natural scenery and protects the environment.
The contradictions and conflicts that naturally occur in it really make people realize that these environmental problems are real, and this film is calm, restrained, and does not magnify the suffering, but it can make people's encounters with female bee pickers have a great impact. Empathy also produces many feelings, including nature, life, and the relationship between man and the environment. That's what makes this documentary so good.
In the documentary, the female bee-pickers have always followed the principle of taking half and keeping half. She has always been in awe of nature and respected the environment on which she lived. Compared with the nomadic family, they came noisy, and after the destruction, they patted their butts and left. Although they also have their own difficulties, they only think of their own interests and disregard the safety of nature and their neighbors.
The only thing they have left is a broken radio. As the woman held up the signal pole and went around looking for the signal to listen to the radio, I was reminded of another movie I watched this year, Sherlock on the Plains. It is also a story of kind and honest farmers in rural areas. This scene is like they are raising goldfish by leaking rainwater on the roof, still pursuing romance and beauty in a desolate environment.
The woman has lived with her half-blind mother for many years. Although she felt that her mother might not last long when she first watched it, it was really sad when the woman finally called her mother and didn't answer. Even if my mother is lying on the bed forever and her ears can't hear, she still has a talking companion after she returns home, especially in this uninhabited desert, but when the last companion is gone, the rest The truth is that the woman is alone, accompanied by her dog in this lifeless snowfield. It made me think of my parents and grandparents, even though I was young, the thought of them leaving me one day made me feel completely unacceptable, but the cruel nature is like this, life and death depend on the sky.
Life is great. Countless bees accompany the humming throughout the film, but such small insects represent high-spirited vitality, making honey with diligence all the time. The dying mother will always lie in bed. Although the living environment is so bad and she is seriously ill, she still "eats everything" and can communicate with her daughter and worry about her. Life is small again, and other groups of hungry honey can slaughter the otherwise robust group, and even cause deliberate harm. In the end, my mother's life passed away quietly, without even having time to say goodbye.
Although the nature is very cruel, the living environment is so bad, and the original comfortable life is also destroyed, but at the end of the documentary, the female bee-picker prys open the stone rock to take out the last piece of hive, and when sharing with the dog, the cold silhouette seems to indicate that With new hope, it has given people warmth again. I hope that the land of honey can always have vitality and hope.
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