It's better to believe in yourself than anyone else, especially for girls.

Austyn 2022-04-20 09:02:59

The film does not review those cruel and terrible scenes. It appears calmly in the nuns' hesitation, and we can only get a glimpse of the little detail that the heroine was almost raped by the Soviets.

Some beliefs are not called beliefs, they are called cults. For example, your second aunt’s distant relatives and neighbors believe in that thing. That inexplicable belief does not allow believers to see doctors, take medicine, or anything. That’s why it is said that feudal superstition is harmful dead. But what is more terrifying than feudal superstition is encountering a group of pigs and dogs, such as the Soviet soldiers in the movie.

Of the women in the movie, no one is really at fault, because they are not the ones who made mistakes, but they are the ones who are punished. This really wants to be scolded. This kind of anger is no less than every time there are some bad social incidents, the public opinion always says "Girls should protect themselves, how to do the following points", even if you become a peerless master, can disasters be avoided? Can public opinion and the media allow criminals to control their hands and lower bodies?

In the end, it is better to believe in yourself than to believe in anything.

The art of the film is really, really, really good, whether it is the heroine or the nuns, including the performance of the environment and atmosphere, although it is simple, it is very particular, and every shot is like a masterpiece of fine painting.

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  • Vicenta 2022-04-18 09:01:20

    Back then, the Soviets did a lot of evil in the Northeast! Just no one dared to mention it.

  • Eloisa 2022-04-22 07:02:00

    I can't tell which is more evil than the Soviet Red Army who raped women and the dean who abandoned the baby in the snow. What you've been believing and holding on to your whole life could be wrong.

The Innocents quotes

  • Maria: However much I pray, I cannot find any consolation. Every day, I relive what happened. Every day. I still smell the stench of them. They came back three times. Each time, they... They should have killed us. It's a miracle they didn't.

  • Maria: You know, faith. At first, We're like a child that his father holds by his hand, who feels safe. A moment comes and I think he always comes where the father will let you go. We're lost, alone in the dark. We call, nobody answers. We're getting ready, we're surprised. We're hit in the heart. That's the cross. Behind all joy, there is the cross.