Helsinki is always gloomy.
As the tavern singer sang, "This is a hard and stony land, and it is also a land of gray clouds," and the people walking in it restrained the smiles on their faces. Khalid from Aleppo calmly recounted the history of the refugee, so many twists and turns, such a painful separation, his words were clear, and his eyes were not wet.
Even so, he could not be taken in by this hard country, the police were carrying out the deportation process, the decision could not be appealed, the government's face was cold and rigid, and the hot and weak people were of no use to it. Khalid was about to leave the fourth shelter he had been in, and the narrative was as cold as a documentary.
However, the gloomy other side of the gray cloud is also surging. It is made up of lively people. This half of the film is the complete opposite of the documentary style, warm and naughty, like a fairy tale that a naive child would believe. In the fairy tale, the old man can win enough money at the poker table overnight, and the bad guys who threaten Khalid will be scared away by the righteous homeless who suddenly appear. The picked up Khalid and the stray dog were left behind gently. The stray dog has also learned Arabic and will go to occupy Budapest tomorrow.
This side is filled with Wes Anderson-esque symmetry, tone, and unique performance style, making people believe that justice will eventually triumph over evil, and that separated brothers and sisters will be reunited, but the truth is often a little bit off, not the worst, but Can't even laugh.
Another of Khalid's friends who stayed here said that sad people would be the first to be sent back, so he could only pretend he was happy. So just being calm is not enough. When you are listening to someone playing a musical instrument in your hometown on the bed of the shelter, and swallowing back your tears, you also need to show a heartless smile. refugees”.
Khalid's hometown is getting more and more dilapidated on the TV. Western media are talking about their condemnation. At St. Petersburg University, the news is discussed every Tuesday. Russian teachers also spend two hours explaining Russia's good intentions and injustices. be understood. At that time, I sympathized with Russia and hoped that the гуманитарный коридор (humanitarian passage used to evacuate innocent people) rolling in the news would be clear. However, when I watched his hometown with Khalid, I deeply felt the barbarity and absurdity of the disputes between the two sides. The important thing is never who wins or loses. The important thing is to stop and apologize to the country.
Khalid's sister came back, she said, "It's so easy to die, I want to live", so he blessed her with his eyes and life. The haters who took Khalid's life were not the biggest villains either. They climbed up the chain and pushed them to kill others. The scary thing was that those people didn't want to see these evil results. "The interests are to be fought for.
So Khalid was lying under the tree laughing, he couldn't do anything about this absurdity, he had struggled alive to complete the task of finding his sister, and now he could finally go to rest in easy death.
His stray dogs have come to pick him up, and they're going to take Budapest now.
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