The first half hour of the movie is very average, especially the Korean War scene at the beginning is relatively bad, the actors' acting skills are mediocre and excessive. Personally, I feel that this part fails, and it may be better to shorten it a bit. The plot and rhythm of the movie only got better when Deok-soo and Da-jiu went to Germany. The German part is also my personal favorite. Miss Yingzi gives a very good impression. (Can be said to be first love?) I give 9 points to this part. Although the latter part of Vietnam is much stronger than the beginning part, it is still a relatively poor part. Can give 7.5 points. The last part about finding relatives is the most moving chapter in the whole film. All the foreshadowing and foreshadowing in the past are detonated here. I started to cry from the TV show on Dexu to the end, and the tears are increasing. Full marks for this part. Overall it seems that the flaws are not concealed, and I still have to give the whole film 5 stars. The three main roles - Deok-soo, Young-ja, and Da-gu are all very good actors, especially Oh Da-soo, who played Da-gu very vividly. The theme of the film is very large, and it can even be said that it is a microcosm of the modern history of Korea. Among them, the family relationship crushed by the heavy history is the main line running through the whole film, while Deok-soo's "Korean Dream" is another secondary line. In the movie, the shop "Pollen House" appears specifically as a clue. The Korean War made Deok-soo's father and sister separated, and as the eldest son, Deok-soo had to take on the responsibility of being a parent, shining shoes, mining, and being a contractor for the US military... Although Deok-soo also wanted to go to school for further studies, he also wanted to be a captain. , but in the end, I can only run for my family all my life, and then guard the store until old age. I think this is the biggest tragedy. Yingzi's question before Dexiu went to Vietnam to sacrifice his life is empathetic: "You have done enough, what else do you need to do? Why do you always sacrifice?" Dexiu's response was: "This is my life, my life is like this." Yingzi advised Dexiu to "live for himself", but Dexiu is impossible. Dexiu's life choices are all for his parents and siblings, not for himself. He feels that the separation of his father and sister was his fault. But as outsiders, we understand that the younger sister was pulled down by other people, not Deok-soo's responsibility. Judging from the trajectory of life alone, Dexiu's life was very aggrieved and difficult. At least if it was me, I would never abandon my wife and children to Vietnam when I was middle-aged and work my life to get married to the silly sister X. But at the same time, I also feel that Dexiu chose to go to Germany to dig coal for his younger brother to go to school when he was young is his greatest luck, because it allowed him to meet Miss Yingzi. At the end of the movie, Dexiu successfully found his lost sister, which gave the story a good ending. But Deok-soo is only one of countless Koreans who have experienced the Korean War. Can the other Deok-soo get what they want? The answer is obvious. There are several scenes in the movie that moved me the most: the first one is when Deok-soo came back from Vietnam when Yingzi saw his injured leg and burst into tears in the street; the second was a family enjoying themselves in the living room, while Deok-soo is alone in the next room thinking of his father and weeps; the third is at the end of Deok-soo and Yingzi sitting on the rooftop holding hands.
This is the best movie I've seen since 2022, and it's worth remembering.
I hope I can not live my life like Deok-soo, but live for myself, but also hope that I can meet Miss Youngja like Deok-soo.
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