"Smeared Bird" tells the story of a young boy's wandering experience in rural Eastern Europe during World War II. The film takes three hours to describe the life of a mountain village that has been marginalized by modern society. Incomplete family, strong desire, survival relationship of the weak and the strong, human beings live no different from animals, and the slaughter between people is merciless, it really seems to be back in the Middle Ages. The little boy experienced ignorance, savagery, and all kinds of plagues everywhere. He often escaped from the wolf's den and entered the tiger's mouth again, experiencing suffering all the time. Day after day, year after year, spring, summer, autumn and winter are all heavy suffering. A society with ignorance, backwardness and deep contradictions has a greater fate with war. The background of the film's story caught up with the Nazi anti-Semitic movement in Germany, and the Russian civil war. I don't know what the war situation is outside. It is left to the politicians to manipulate it, leaving only ignorance, evil and suffering for the people. In this situation, there is no justice and kindness in the world, and it is wise and brave to save oneself, which is very clear in the story of the movie. Pure suffering can only teach people the rules of the jungle, an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. After experiencing such deep suffering, there is only hatred in the hearts of little boys like this, and their revenge will be against all people and against the entire society. The film is made in black and white, there are not many dialogues, it is all real things, and there are many horrible scenes. I feel that through this miserable wandering story, the director is reflecting on the part of people who have been marginalized by modern society, how human society should develop, and what kind of relationship should be established between people, between different nations, and between different countries. .
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