I like the movie very much, the black and white images don't affect the wonderfulness of the movie at all. Whether it's the use of light, composition, or the performance of the actors, the plot is a little long and boring in the first half hour, but after the road, the plot is very exciting.
In the film, I like the role of mother the most, a strong, brave and optimistic woman who supports the whole family with love and wisdom.
The theme of this film can be interpreted from many angles, such as labor value, peasant plight, class struggle...
For me, the deepest feeling is the relationship between man and the land.
There are two scenes in the film that left a deep impression on me. First, when Morrie, the neighbor of the hero's hometown, faced being driven out again, he squatted on the ground and cried, touched the ground with his hands, then grabbed a handful of dirt and shouted: " We were born here, work here, and die here, so he is our land!" That kind of unwillingness and helplessness makes people sad.
Second, my grandfather had been reluctant to go to California, and even before he died, he was still murmuring: I don't want to go. Before swallowing his last breath, his trembling hands grabbed a handful of soil beside him and sprinkled it on himself, the way his body and soul finally wandered. It hurts.
My grandparents and fathers are also farmers, so I can understand their attachment to the land. For farmers, the meaning of land is not only home here, but also a link between a person's past and future . And when a farmer loses his land, he wipes out all traces of his past and hope for the future.
It is unavoidable to work, and you will face the exploitation of labor value, but the land will never treat you badly. Occasional meteorological disasters are only occasional. Most of the time, the land will give back to you as much as you pay. It is stable and lasting. of.
After we got married, my husband and I moved into a commercial house. Although the living facilities here are much better than those in rural areas, my parents never came to live there. They said that such a house is uncomfortable to live in. I can understand it. The discomfort stems from the unsteadiness with which they leave the ground. High-rise buildings, a building with a land area of 500 square meters, is shared by more than 100 residents. We no longer own the land and no longer have a direct connection with the land. What we enjoy is only the space above the land. Such a space is still not entirely ours, and it also has a period of property rights.
My father often said that only when there is land can we have roots, and when we lose land, we are doomed to wander...
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