the weight of faith

Laurie 2022-09-30 07:40:13

I watched Peng Hui's "Balance" before watching the movie "Kekexili". They all told the story of the same mountain guard.

Nowadays, the trend of documentary storytelling and feature film documenting is getting heavier and heavier, but the expressions of films and documentaries are different after all.

I think the real Captain Zaba in the documentary is a more contagious character. He has a kind of arrogance and domineering. His emotional narrative in front of the camera directly shows his distinctive personality. The love of this hard work, his helplessness for his brothers' difficult situation, his dissatisfaction with individual government officials... those are all very well connected to the story of the escort team from the beginning to the present. .

After watching the movie, I still can't imagine how such an unpaid and dangerous job allows Captain Zaba to lead such a group of people to persevere. Leaving aside the death of the captain in real life, in the movie, the Japanese and Thai captain had no choice but to sell the captured sheepskins in order to maintain the lives of the team members.

Sometimes you really can't define good and evil, especially in this kind of isolation. But the escorts kept their hearts as pure as a snow-capped mountain and persevered.

This firm belief makes people sigh, how many people in today's society can do anything for their beliefs like this?

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Extended Reading

Mountain Patrol quotes

  • Ga Yu: I'm a reporter from Beijing.

    Ri Tai: I don't have the time.

    Ga Yu: Wait a second. You want this place to be declared as a nature reserve. Maybe I can help.