"Young Marx" tells the story of the young Marx and Engels from two strangers who did not know each other to friends who cherish each other. They have different family backgrounds and lives, and they don't have much in common wherever they live, but in the shameless oppression and exploitation of the people by the bourgeoisie, two young people who seek a way out and fight for people have emerged. Passionate, strong-willed, and highly consistent in their thoughts and thoughts, they fought hard in difficult and difficult environments. They were opposed, hunted down, and expelled. Marx could do many low-level jobs to make a living. His only goal was to promote proletariat Class communist ideology, and completed the "Communist Manifesto" to bring the guiding ideology of struggle and pursuit of happiness to the people living in the hot water. The success of every great man and the success of what he has done is not entirely by himself, or that Marx can become the spiritual leader of the proletariat and the creator of the "Communist Manifesto" and form communism, it is because of countless people behind it. Only with the support and understanding at the time can we thrive in such a harsh environment at that time. Marx's wife, Jenny, was the first to support him. In the film, you can feel that Marx also had the words and deeds of most young people in his youth, and many scenes were helpless because of the need to solve the problem of livelihood. Although Yanni sometimes feels powerless, her words and deeds are always practicing and supporting Marx. In fact, many decisions are not made by Marx alone, but are largely supported by Yanni. Imperceptibly contributed to the realization of Marx's great ideals and achievements. There is also Marx's close friend, Engels, the collaborator of the "Communist Manifesto". Engels' background was contradictory. His father was a bourgeois businessman. Engels needed to be a good son, but at the same time he had the great ideal of realizing proletarian communism. Under such contradictions, there will inevitably be a process of being misunderstood and distorted by others, and even when he first met Marx, he was also misunderstood by Marx. However, Engels still maintained a lofty ideal mission, and in line with Marx's ideology and spirit, he kept running everywhere in order to realize the communist ideal, participating in speeches, planning, formulating programs, urging, and spurring Marx, etc. Without the generosity of Engels in life and money, Marx, despite his incomparably powerful ideals and beliefs, might have made the arrival of the First International and Communism many times at night, or changed his mind on a helpless night. Just ideal. But history is such a coincidence. When people who pursue the same purpose meet, this event has already heralded success. This is not just a coincidence. It is a situation brought about by the social environment and history. The world needs to change. The ideological and spiritual guidance of Marx and Engels in the environment at that time was a community naturally generated by the influence of the world. What touched me the most about this film was the dialectical materialism and historical materialism that Marx believed in and studied. Marx was good at using critical techniques to dialectical things themselves. The proletariat and communism are also products of dialectical materialism. It is all surrounded by matter - "material determines consciousness". To see clearly and understand the world, you need to understand how materialism is dialectical, just like how to explain the rise of the proletariat after the demise of the capital class. Familiar with the "Communist Manifesto", "Marxism" and other guiding ideology is necessary for study, work and thinking.
The first review of Malaysia-Singapore Youth Film Review 2020.3.8
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