The film uses a large number of hand-held photography to capture the lives of people on the edge of the red light district in India.
At the beginning of the shooting of the brothel environment, the close-up of the girl's ignorant and clear eyes is interspersed with the surrounding environment of the brothel, highlighting the girl's helplessness and fear of the future. What they see is what we see, but we cannot understand what they are going through. A series of elevated shots featuring contrasts between mature women and girls as they confront life in a brothel. Combined with the singing voice of national characteristics, the opening sequence is followed by the ignorant girl telling her guesses about her environment.
The female photographer showed her photographic works. One black-and-white photograph impressed me deeply. In the middle of the picture, a girl is running between the gaps between the tall buildings on both sides. When she quickly captured such a moment, she felt suffocated immediately.
A female photographer's monologue, introducing her intention to create this documentary and her feelings during the creation. "Seeing the world in their eyes", the female photographer is using her own way to experience the children's lives, and try to bring some life changes to these children as much as possible. The status of women in India is still very lowly, and in this film we can see a little boy chained in place by ankles, while a little girl faces a state of being sold by her parents and homeless. When the female photographer takes a group of children to the zoo, I think her intention is to make the children realize that their life in the red light district is the same as the animals in the cage before their eyes, and they need to make changes for this, they You also have the right to stay away from this place full of filth, injustice, abuse, and illegality. Obviously, their lives have indeed opened up another road that has never been before. When a girl who loves photography holds a camera to shoot, she was rejected by the photographer. Instead of being afraid and cowardly, this girl is replaced by Resist, this is a very important step of awakening.
The children went to the seaside to collect the scenery. The wideness of the sea is in sharp contrast with the narrowness of the place they live in, but such happiness is short-lived. On their way back, the director used a slow-moving technique, as if he did not make a realistic statement. Before the action, all this was only ethereal. So the female photographer not only taught photography knowledge to the children for free, but also eager to fight for them a chance to be educated in public schools. On the way of exploration, she was rejected by another woman, and she also suffered from the neglect and neglect of male office workers. scorn. But she still tried her best to help these children get out of their original environment. A series of photo exhibitions and media interviews appeared in the children's lives. They were also very comfortable and generous in the face of the interviews. The best student, Aji, told her About the dream of photography. Later, when he received a photography invitation letter from the Netherlands, he was repeatedly frustrated when applying for a passport because he was a prostitute. What is even more embarrassing is that Aji's mother was burned to death by a pimped man. Aji said that his original The dream is to be a doctor, which may be forced by life, can save lives and help sick relatives. But now the dream is to be an artist, which is his true heart and a step towards a completely different life.
Finally, with the help of the female photographer, the children said goodbye to the red light district they had never left since they were born, and took them to the education they should have received. No matter how much these children hated this brothel on weekdays, they left with reluctance for their families. No matter how unfair they have been treated in life, they still have a warm and pure heart. At the end, a freeze-frame image fades in and out to tell the audience where each child will end up. Fortunately, the efforts of the female photographer have not been in vain, and to a certain extent have brought changes to their lives, and some even changed his life. the trajectory of life in.
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