The tragedy of hopeful times

Soledad 2022-11-29 11:58:38

Review: Overall, this film is still full of hope, although the process is not without a sense of depression. War means cruelty, and the girls and their family are actually the epitome of an era, and their families don’t represent thousands of families like them in that era. Reality separates little girls step by step. First is "home". They leave the home where they lived at the beginning, and then they give up valuable items in the home, give up private property, lose the opportunity to live with their uncle's house, and dye their clothes. Become the same black, lose the most basic food and clothing, the brothers and sisters leave, and finally the parents "leave", the parents are the backbone of a family, and their "leave" means that the girl will no longer have shelter, and the girl will lose faith and freedom. , the government even educates children in batches, imprisoning their thoughts. This means that the girl has no home, no family, no food and clothing, and even survival is a problem. The director gradually strips the girl as a person, strips away all her external things, and returns to the person itself. Fortunately, she is only a child, and she still retains the pure land in her heart, because if she were any adult today, after experiencing these series of cruelties, what would be left would be just a numb soul. So I say that the movie is full of hope, because at least the little girl and her brothers and sisters are reunited at the end. Although it is difficult, at least they are still alive. In addition, the whole film shows the cruelty of war, but the sun in most of the shots is very bright. While expressing hope, I think there is a second meaning, which is irony, which reminds me of "Sunny Day" is no less ironic. At the same time, there are other satirical scenes in the movie, such as letting children carry guns, letting children lay mines, etc. A child is the hope of a family or even a country, and now you let him carry a gun on the battlefield, isn’t it cruel , isn't it ironic? The tragedy of the little girl is actually not only a tragedy for a family, but also a tragedy for a country, and it is the times and wars that cause all this. The director pays attention to Cambodia and the reality, which also reflects a kind of humanistic care. Finally, watching the movie made me think a lot, that is, people are stripping everything from the outside, after the war. What is left, is it a numb soul, or that little hope, or something else. . .

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First They Killed My Father quotes

  • Propoganda Announcer: It's better to make a mistake and kill an innocent person than to leave an enemy alive.

  • Loung Ung: What happens when people die?

    Older Girl: At first they think they're sleeping peacefully, not knowing they are dead. They sleep for three days. And then on the third day, they wake up. That's when they realize they are dead. They walk to a river, wash the dirt from their bodies, and start their journey to heaven to reincarnate.

    Loung Ung: Where do they go?

    Older Girl: I don't know.

    Loung Ung: I hope Keav won't have to come back here.