Rich and durable, plain and flavorful

Like a documentary rich and engaging, it pays attention to details. There is no special "designed" plot. Naturally, it is flat and light, the emotions are very restrained but touching, not promiscuous but not excessive, just right, especially watching the tragedy in the last scene, there is no child's family crying and screaming, leaving in a row, everything is silent and solemn. , gave a quick shot of the man with red eyes looking back at the family members who were still in the house. Accompanied by the prayers of the widow's family, the camera showed the scene of packing up the family and getting on the carriage from the perspective of the people in the house from the window. It is only at the end that the black eyes of the child with clogs slipped through a few lines of tears; I could feel that I criticized the landlord, but I didn't fall into vulgarity, and I didn't make the traces of criticism so obvious. The landlord hardly appeared a few times, other The performance is not overly exaggerated. From the side, it reflects the poor situation of the peasant family and the newborn baby, and the absurd and ruthless reason: because a small tree was cut down on the path, the family who had lived here for a long time was ruthlessly chased away. Go, and the scene when you leave.

The whole film feels like a slow narration like flowing water, trying to show their lives, the scenes of life are very vivid, farming, cooking, and telling stories at night. . . Show the people's customs as comprehensively as possible, you can feel the simplicity and perseverance of the peasants, they care for each other, and they are self-disciplined. , Gratitude and reverence for God, portrayed very touchingly.

It mainly revolves around three objects, one is a widow's family, one is a young man and a little girl, and a family of school children.

The poor situation of the widow's family may be forced to send the children to the orphanage to a low ebb, eased with the decisive refusal of the eldest son, and then reached the lowest point with the diagnosis of the sick cow. He went to pray for holy water, pray, and finally the sick cow miraculously resurrected. The housewife is a very pious image, strong and does not bow to fate. The image of the old man is very loving and kind. His confidence in growing tomatoes, sharing food with the mentally handicapped, and telling stories with his grandchildren are very warm. There are also a group of children who are very cute, and the eldest son is sensible. Their family is a very positive farm family.

The lads and the little girls, their flirting is funny, shy, restrained, little joy. The part of the wedding tour in the city was rich, there were references to police crackdowns, demonstrations, which were unimaginable for the couple as farmers, who (the whole group of farmers) were so sedentary that they ended up with small children The family is moving away, and no one is scolding the landlord, nor going out to help. I feel great pity in my heart, but they just look out from the window. There is also the aunt of the bride, who always feels a kind of hypocrisy. The smile on the camera is also a little weird, not like the simplicity of the farmers. The children under care have a terrible meal. Many children are left unattended, and they can't take spoons. The meal was over, and he said the world was a wonderful place here, and the next morning he almost forcibly shoved children into them, using their compassion and reverence for God, and promising a "dowry,"" A lot of "clothes", how to give money on a regular basis, but the result is greatly discounted, playing word games.

There are four main points in the story of the child's family. The child goes to school, the newborn is born, the tree is cut overnight to make shoes, and the landlord finds out and drives him away from home. Their story is the beginning and the end, and it is also the source of the title. This plot is a relatively "shock" story in the entire film. However, it is expressed in a calm and restrained way, which is reflected in the length of the characters, the expressions of the characters and the dialogues, but it naturally presents education, fatherly love, life, subsistence, oppressors, group portraits, etc. It is also worth mentioning that the performance of the child is very moving like a little adult, the overall movement and the eyes are captured very well.

The use of the organ in the soundtrack is great, rendering a sense of religious solemnity and ritual, and it seems to be a song of destiny, playing out the fate of life at the mercy of it.

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