The following are all spoilers (be careful!)
The first shot at the beginning and the last shot at the end of a movie are the most important, because the first shot sets the tone of the whole movie. This is what Gao Hua from the university said, and I have been using it till now.
The first shot of this film is a bit strange. The little boy is sitting on the bus, holding a suitcase. The color is cool. I don't know what the kid is thinking. Watch the whole film and you will see that this is really a very important shot.
Next is the beginning of the story, a young and lovely woman, with a little boy (the hero of this film), goes to visit the landlord and the landlady. The woman introduced that this was her child, that his father was abroad, that he was well behaved and would not disturb the neighbors and the landlord. The landlady looked at the little boy and agreed.
The woman and the little boy moved into the rental room with large and small bags, and strange things happened. The woman and the little boy opened the suitcase, and there was a little girl of 6 or 7 years old inside, and then opened it again and it was a smaller boy, and then opened it again... In addition to the little boy at the beginning, there is now an extra little boy in the room. A little older girl, a very cute 6 or 7 year old girl, a younger boy and our hero, a total of 4 children. Then, these children call this woman mother, and mother starts to arrange these children, she said to the youngest boy, we moved last time because you were too noisy, now you have to be good, don't play on the balcony anymore And don't let others see you anymore. Mom praised the youngest girl for being sensible, and asked our little hero to take care of the younger brothers and sisters. I was very puzzled at this time, why is this woman like this, are these children really her children, I don't know.
The women went to work and the children stayed at home. The elder sister is in charge of the laundry and cooking, the younger sister draws with a new box of paintbrushes, the younger brother plays by himself, the elder brother (the male protagonist) is the only child who can go out, because the landlord has seen him before, he is The only bridge for other children to communicate with the outside world, he is responsible for going to the supermarket to buy food and daily necessities.
When my mother came home very late, my sister heard her mother's footsteps coming home from afar, and hurriedly waited at the door, helped her open the door before she took out the key, and said to her: "Welcome home." The mother came home drunk, praised her sister for being good, and asked her if she had anything to eat. The sister sensible helped her to make it up, and her mother ate supper and asked about the children's day. The relationship between the child and the mother is very relaxed and happy, and the mother loves and cares for these children like a normal mother. Then, everyone slept together in this crowded small room.
The next morning, my brother woke up and saw that my mother closed her eyes, but tears flowed from the corners of her eyes, and my mother was silent.
When my brother and my mother were alone, my mother chatted with my brother normally, and said to my brother that my mother met a nice person this time, and my mother wanted to be with him. My brother was also very happy, and I realized that this is a fatherless family, my father was not abroad at all, and my father left this home.
Moms sometimes chat with the kids about their dads. While combing my sister's hair, my mother said to my sister, "Your father is a captain, what's so amazing?" Will tell my brother, what is your father, what is so great, and so on. I'm dizzy, it turns out that the father of these children is not the same, OMG, confused mother, what do you let these children do?
Suddenly one day, my mother didn't come back.
The children continued their daily routines. The younger siblings asked the elder brother: "Where's mom?" My brother said that my mother went on a business trip. However, in fact, the brother does not know where the mother went. The director did not specify how long the mother was gone, he revealed to the audience with some details. For example, the nail polish that my mother painted for my sister has almost fallen off, my sister has used up a lot of crayons, and my brother has less and less living expenses left, and so on.
A month later, my mother came back. The mother distributed gifts to the children as soon as they entered the door. The children were very happy, but the elder brother was obviously unhappy with the gift. When the mother and brother were alone again, the brother questioned the mother, where did he go this month, and did he not tell the man that there were 4 children at all. I was amazed by the precocity and sharpness of my brother, a twelve-year-old child (the children in the film are also the age of the young actors), he can realize such a correct fact from these details! He can also question the only elder in the family, the mother, as the protector of his younger siblings. My mother was very sad in the face of doubts. She confided in her heart: why can't I pursue my own happiness, I want happiness too!
As a result, the mother really went to pursue her own happiness again, the mother also abandoned these children, the mother ran away again, this time, it lasted until the end of the film and never came back.
My mother left some money for my brother, asking him to take care of the younger brothers and sisters, and left again. I still live like that, but my home without my mother has become messy, the house is gradually filled with food waste, the children's clothes are also dirty, and their hair is not combed. Living knowingly.
Gradually the money was running out, my brother called quietly, and then the fathers appeared for the first time. It turns out that the children's fathers are not as great as their mothers said. They are taxi drivers, unemployed people, and people at the bottom of the society who can't even support themselves.
There was a scene that impressed me deeply, my brother went to find a taxi driver's father. Dad went to the vending machine to buy drinks and didn’t have enough money. He also asked his brother for change. Then the two of them were drinking drinks and chatting on the side of the road. When they were leaving, the father gave his brother some money and said that his sister was not his child. , because at that time he was wearing a condom. The older brother, as if he hadn't heard him, held the money and kept bowing and nodding to the taxi driver's father, saying Arigado. Thank you. I am very sad. My brother thanked this man because he got the money. He felt that he should be grateful because this man gave them. He never thought that this man should take the minimum responsibility. No one ever told him.
With the help of these dads, life finally goes on again. But this money was gradually used up, and my brother went to my mother's company again, knowing that her mother had already left her job, and she could no longer be contacted. My brother went to a convenience store where he often shopped for a job, but the clerk told him that he was not old enough to work, and he should contact a social welfare agency. At this time, my brother said that there have been cases of separation before, and I don't want to be separated from my younger brothers and sisters. It turned out that it was not the first time for my mother to leave.
Looking at this film, although the shooting method is very documentary and plain, it is completely from the perspective of a bystander. The pure faces of the children are easy to make people depressed. This is a desperate film. Without a father and even a mother, these children have no future, and no one even knows.
Gradually, the power went out. In the hot summer, the children could only hide at home. The sweat soaked the children's clothes, their hair was stuck to their foreheads, and their eyes were slack. It was the most natural way to cool off. There was no gas, and at first I could cook noodles, but later I could only eat crispy noodles. The water also stopped, so my brother took the big drink bottle and ran to the park to pick up the public water.
There are many, many details, which reflect the hardships of life, and even the most basic survival is a problem.
The climax of the film is about to come, and my brother can't support the family gradually. He begins to get in touch with bad boys, and he always yearns for school life. Once he was watching a ball game on the sidelines of the school baseball field, just one person was missing, and the coach let him play. It was the first time that my brother wore a baseball player's clothes and played baseball that he simulated n times with a small tree stick on the baseball field. Feeling very happy, at this moment, tragedy happened.
My sister had an accident at home because there was no one to take care of her and fell off the stool. When my brother came home, my sister was no longer breathing. The brother quickly went to find another girl (this girl's story is omitted in this article), and asked her to borrow money. The girl and her brother put her sister into the box, but the sister has grown up after a year, and the box can hardly hold it. sister.
Then, there is the scene at the beginning, my brother is sitting on the bus, holding a box, no one can read the expression on his face. It turned out that the box contained the body of the younger sister, and the elder brother was going to take the younger sister to the airport.
In the evening, finally at the airport, the girl and her brother dug a small hole with their hands and buried the box containing her sister. The elder brother said that the younger sister has always wanted to come to the airport and see her father (because her mother told her that her father was the captain). Hey, there is only one sigh, this lovely and poor little girl, who stayed in the room all her life, was put in a box when she went out, and was buried in a box when she died. It really is a life that no one knows about.
The film is nearing the end, the brother took the remaining sister, a younger brother, and a girl, went to the park to pick up water, and then went to the convenience store to pick up the soon-to-expire food delivered by the kind clerk. The younger brother found someone else in the vending machine. Forgotten coins, they go home together. While waiting for the traffic light, my brother looked up and saw a plane flying by. The children continued to walk in the direction of home. The relaxed and natural style and colors contained an indelible sadness and despair.
This film reflects such a group of children who have no father, no mother and have been abandoned by society. In today's society, fatherless children and fatherless families are more and more common. This small-budget film focuses on such a serious social issue. I think it is far more indelible than those films that claim to have invested hundreds of millions of dollars. It did prove that Tony Leung was superficial this time.
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