1. A bag of marbles (Un sac de billes, 2017) insists that children are present in every scene. Children, bear a lot of responsibilities in this film, one is the age of the protagonist when the real events happened, the other is the director's artistic technique when dealing with aesthetic and historical issues, and the third is a refractor of the real world (the law restricts Jews from sewing a hexagram on their left chest). The next day after the recognition, the children met at the school gate. Where did the Gallic children’s rude remarks come from? Government propaganda, newspaper trails, or parents’ discussions at the dinner table last night).
2. The principle of triple repetition in stories, here is an example (Figure 2). First, the child blocked the label of Jewish practice and teased German officers. Furthermore, the good friend exchanged a bag of marbles for the yellow six-pointed star badge on the hero's chest. In the end, the answer was revealed at the dinner table, and the father slapped his son: he could not admit that he was Jewish.
3. All day long, I call myself a Taiwanese who is not afraid of the sky and earth, but I actually ate the tofu of this Chengping era. "Be yourself" is easy to write, but sometimes, "not being yourself" is a survival strategy. You can't encourage the kids in the story: have the guts in front of the Nazis and say you're Jewish! Therefore, a man who is brave but has no plans is nothing but a reckless man. In fact, France's compromise attitude during World War II was also a "strategy".
4. There is a very humorous part in the movie. The two brothers bargained with the smuggling practitioners. After negotiating, the elder brother accused the younger brother: You caused us to lose 1,000 yuan (50% of the deposit). The younger brother replied: I will save you 18,000 yuan. If you find someone else, it will cost you 20,000 yuan. Money savvy, business acumen, mathematical talent—the author mocked himself for being Jewish.
5. The climax of the story: The protagonist stands on the table and shouts, "They hid a Jew, that's me." This sentence is very complex, it is a truth, but also a lie.
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