From the very beginning of the film, people can intuitively feel the passion of Brazilians for football. This sport is loved by the Brazilian people regardless of wealth, class, race and age. Infected, with blood boiling.
I was deeply touched by the Brazilian optimism and creative consciousness of these characters in the film, and at the same time, I was heartbroken by the racism, the gap between the rich and the poor, and the inferiority complex (for Europe).
What kind of country is Brazil? What is Brazilian sex? Starting from the film, it presents the national self-confidence of multicultural integration and coexistence and advocating true nature.
Ginga-Renjia, which is repeatedly emphasized in the film, is a kind of carrier, which is widely spread and endless. It is a link that connects the blood of Brazil and vividly reflects the fusion of Brazil's multiculturalism.
Renga is the product of the struggle of black slaves, and it originated from the dance created by enslaved blacks. They made fun of hardships, turned simple music into armor for self-protection, and gradually integrated into football.
As the film shows, Jenga was the key to Brazil's victory. Pele was discovered by scouts because of Jenga, because Jenga was selected for the national team, and because Jenga won the first World Cup for Brazil.
Renga is not only a way of dancing, fighting, or playing football, but also represents the tenacity of the Brazilian people, a courage to redeem oneself in the face of adversity.
Ren Jia is a gene deeply rooted in Brazilian blood, and the gene does not require rigid transformation, nor does Ren Jia need "civilized European orthodox training" to educate.
Sadly, when Brazil lost the World Cup in 1950, the blame was laid on Jenga. Maybe it's because of the black blood in Renjia's bones, or maybe it's because of the long-standing national inferiority complex.
In the film, the Dicko family is a black family living in a slum. There is no gas or radio at home, and buying a piece of cake is a luxury.
My mother is a nanny for a white employer, and she lives on thin ice. No matter what is right or wrong, she must admit her wrong. She has absolutely no basic right to equal dialogue.
His father became a hospital toilet cleaner after his professional football career was ruined by an injury. Once such an excellent black player loses the value of playing football, it is difficult to regain a foothold in society and have a decent job and salary.
These pictures make people deeply feel the huge gap between the rich and the poor and the nakedness of racial discrimination.
The employer's young master, Jose, who is white but also Brazilian, makes fun of Dicko's Brazilian accent for saying "Pele". He prides himself on being European, advocating European orthodox play, and dismissing Ren Jia. In the end, he realized that he was always Brazilian, and that Renjia was beautiful, but Brazil had lost self-confidence.
In fact, this sense of inferiority is not only from Brazil itself, but also further deepened by the unequal treatment of the outside world.
It is reflected in several places in the film, such as the Brazilian coach's stubbornness towards European football training methods, the players have no confidence to beat the European team, the European coach can mock the Brazilian player's physical defects in front of reporters, the Brazilian team collided with the opponent's jersey Color and must give way...
But there are also scenes of self-liberation, nuances that symbolize one of Brazil's nationalities - self-acceptance.
For example, before the second half of the match between Deco and Jose, Deco chose to take off his ill-fitting sneakers for a good face. People make fun of being a girl, or wear glasses, even if they are said to be four-eyed.
Another example is Deco leading his teammates with low morale to play the game of passing the ball that everyone played when they were children. Through this small game, everyone gradually found the simple joy of playing football at the beginning, awakened their instincts, and had a real team spirit. , the coach also began to realize his own problems.
As it says in the film: We play football differently and look different from Europeans, but that's who we are.
It's not that Dong Shixiao frowned and imitated others' things and forcibly transplanted it on his own head, but he recognized the national culture from the bottom of his heart, accepted the complexity and diversity of racial composition, and ignited the torch of self-confidence.
Only by being the real Brazil can Brazil not get lost. The arrival of the Pele era is also the moment for Brazil to stand up again.
—————Isabel
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