Never before has a film been so powerless and shocking. It feels like nothing has ever happened. Some people come and some people leave. Naturally, it is still the same as before, but it is not the same as before. When Cadiz buried her mother and stood on the vast ground, everything was covered with a thin layer of snow, she and her dog stood in this world, everything seemed so lonely.
The Land of Honey is a three-and-a-half-year documentary. The film quietly describes how two types of people make ends meet. Kadis, the last bee-picker in Europe, lives with her sick mother, and honey is their only source of income. Every time they pick honey, they strictly abide by the precept of "picking half and keeping half", and live a life of isolation from the world. Every time she collects honey, she will keep climbing, climbing cliffs, finding wild beehives, carefully sweeping the bees down, taking out some of the honey and taking it home.
She would walk a short distance before taking a bus to the nearest urban vegetable market, where she would sell the collected honey to vendors. The money I earned bought hair dye for myself, bananas and a small fan for my mother.
One day, a nomadic couple with a child set up their home here, accompanied by the noise of cattle and sheep and the noise of children. At first Cadiz wanted to live in harmony with the family and gave them one of her kittens. When the host was interested in her honey business, she generously provided guidance and advice, and told them to "take half and keep half". The man who was eager for quick success did not take her advice. He wanted to sell more as soon as possible. of honey to feed his 7 children. Because the neighbor's bees didn't have enough honey to eat, they attacked Kadis' hive, killing all the bees. Ruined her beekeeping business.
In order to expand the corn planting area, the couple burned a large area of grassland and trees. Kadis said angrily, if you do this, the bees will not have enough food sources. In order to collect 200 kilograms of honey, the neighbor sawed open the tree and took out the honey that Kadis had worked hard to cultivate in the tree hole. The nomadic couple's family lost 50 cows a day. The weather began to dry out and there was not enough water in the water tank. When winter came, the place was no longer suitable for living. The nomadic couple left the place with their seven children.
The girl and her mother depended on each other for life, relying on beekeeping to support themselves, and could make ends meet. The nomadic couple and 7 children are also trying to make ends meet, but they are too eager for quick success. Excessive demands on nature eventually lead to ecological imbalances. It turns out that "take half, keep half" is the best way to find out for generations. Perhaps this barren land could not support so many people, so when the number of people increased suddenly, the original ecosystem was severely damaged.
These destructions are carried out slowly. The noisy family comes and the noisy family leaves, and the nature that is left is not what it used to be. When Cadiz's mother died, she buried her mother alone. There were no bees in the hive at home, and the hive on the cliff was still there. It is foreseeable that it will be a difficult winter for her. In winter, when the flowers bloom next spring, everything will be spring and the bees will swarm, as if the nomadic couple had never been here. Get off at an unknown station, and there are niche movies to accompany you. -----Public Number: Cool Heart Comment.
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