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As a film that explores how the Islamic faith affects the hearts of believers, the Dutton Brothers' "Young Ahmed" definitely stands out among many similar films. Trying to turn the adult story by inserting his ungodly Arabic teacher, in the eyes of the people around him, he is definitely a weirdo, but as a devout Muslim, he is the hero in his own story, and the people around him are obstacles
"Every villain is a hero in his own story," says a book on a hero's journey
Assassination of a teacher is appalling in any region, but in "Youth Ahmed", we are presented with a female teacher who is indignant because the female teacher uses non-Koranic textbooks to teach Arabic to students. The teenager who wanted to assassinate her, was he inherently evil or misguided? Or was it too naive to be deceived?
Do not.
He had a reason for his actions, his teacher was a judge, and in the face of apostates, verse 89 of the Qur'an 4:89 declares:
"They want you to be as disbelieving as they are, and you are one with them. So you can't make them allies until they move for the Lord. And if they go against the path, then, where you find them, where hunt and kill them there; make them not your allies, nor your helpers.”
"She's an ungodly bitch, and if we had a jihadist he'd kill her," says his "imam" at the grocery store.
Men come to this gathering to listen and ask their own questions, and the mentors offer solutions from the classics, just like any religious house, except that, in some views, killing is still seen as a permissible. The means, even sometimes an honor, are taken as a way of purging the unclean.
Unlike some believers who "multiple interpretations" of the teachings, Ahmed listened to what he said, and tied his glasses with rubber bands so that they would not be knocked off or dropped (which is how he was humiliated by my sister), he started to practice fast running, and finally he prepared the knife and put it in his sock, as long as he worked hard, he could successfully assassinate, and he would win glory, he would become a holy warrior, what does it mean?
A man of men.
The Dutton brothers' unique point of view is that throughout the film, they don't directly criticize whether the Islamic belief is right or wrong, or even have an interest in saying which is orthodox and which is unorthodox, and there is no moral judgment. The thing of retribution is more interested in showing the fanaticism of Ahmed's belief and the possible reasons for this belief. There is no debate but only a demonstration of phenomena. For example, Ahmed's observance of the canon is not necessary unless it is necessary. Touching a woman, if you touch a woman, you must wash your hands, pray regularly, and even go crazy about it. He has no father, and his mother has a habit of drinking. As for his sister, he looks down on him, and his teacher still takes him seriously. be a boy.
We can see that the lack of a patriarchal authority became an opportunity for him to pursue a paternal religion. The Dutton brothers did not strive to show Ahmed's morbidity and abnormality. Instead, he was a simple and not stupid boy. He had his Goals, and he works to achieve them, that's all.
If in another movie, the boy as the protagonist will aim to become a first-class football player, and despite the obstacles of his family and teachers, he secretly practices football, just for the last goal to score, in this film Ahmed It also holds a similar motivation, just like adolescence is another name called rebellious period. At this stage, everything that the teenagers believed in before tended to fall apart, especially compared with the admonition of their parents, they will pay more attention to the opinions of their peers, the old one. world as their children's bodies are gradually being destroyed, replaced by overgrown bodies, and the gap created by the inability to keep up with the new world, which Ahmed used to fill, it was what he said to Allah worship.
Allah has endowed him with magical powers, so that as long as he uses the name of Allah in the Islamic life circle, other people dare not look down on his behavior, such as reading books in the car, in the so-called "free areas". He would be called "bookworm", "nerd", etc., but because he read the Koran, others, including older boys, had to respect him or at least dare not criticize him.
Allah is covering him.
In fact, another interesting point of this film is that when Ahmed's mother met Ahmed who was imprisoned in the juvenile reformatory in a failed assassination attempt, after some daily conversations, she broke down and said that she hoped Ahmed De changed back to the good boy who loved to play electric games before, but what was that good "child" who loved to play electric games actually? Isn't it the past that is easier to be dismissed, easier to control, and should only be remembered? When Ahmed devoutly believed in Allah, in this cultural circle, wasn't he walking on the "Road to Adulthood" that was most revered in this cultural circle? (For example, in countries with military service, for boys, being in the military is often seen as a process of coming of age, while in some places, boys must first enter a temple, follow the master to practice, and then can return to the secular after a certain period of time. In other words, Every culture has its own rite of passage, and you can see that the Dutton brothers are actually filming this process of an Islamic boy trying to get through the radical version of rites in this culture, and yet to the audience. The first thing we may not be able to accept is that he actually uses the method of "killing" to practice. Here we are pushed into the dilemma of respecting multiculturalism and respecting universal morality. There is also this theme in "A Midsummer Nightmare" .)
Perhaps in the past, Ahmed really liked to play electric games, but now Ahmed wants to follow his cousin who is smiling brightly on the screen, surrounded by gorgeous colors, and melodious music praising Allah, so eternal. Beauty is a tribute to his virtue.
"I don't want to go back to the farm," he told his social worker.
He is afraid of all tenderness and kindness, these things are to soften him and prevent him from succeeding. He said that he expects a kind of hard punishment and reprimand, so here we can see that the obsession with paternal authority makes him Even the taste of punishment has a consistent obsession, and he longs for a punishment that is as roaring as a brand, so that the test of faith will prove his piety.
but no.
He longed for torture, but the agency sent him a duvet and a gentle slumber. In the agency, he was only set up by men once, and he was not discriminated against or oppressed. When he arrived at the farm, not only did the farm owner not whip him , and was very friendly to him. The most unacceptable thing to him was the lively and naughty farmer's daughter, Louise, a blond farm girl of his age. She was not afraid of Ahmed because he was a juvenile. On the contrary, she Treat him as an ordinary boy, and even take the initiative to express goodwill and goodwill to him. The labor time of the two made Ahmed's heart move, but he had doubts because Louise had a big problem.
She's a goddamn heretic.
Not only that, but she was unwilling to fall into Allah's arms, which annoyed Ahmed, because if she was unwilling to follow her, the physical contact between the two would make him bear sin, and he fell into a spiritual struggle. If so, he hoped that Louise would know how to consider his mood.
"Oh dear Louise, why don't you cover up your blond hair, your body? and dedicate your body and mind to Me and Allah for the rest of your life?"
Ahmed didn't say that, but when Lois refused, his anger was based almost on the kind of anger that Lois didn't even know what he was saying.
Idir Ben Addi, who plays the male protagonist, has natural acting skills. He is stupid and cute and interprets the many faces of a boy in the rebellious period. Godly Boy is very human, but Victoria Bluck, who plays Louise, has done a lot as a supporting actress, and without her the film might be too rigid and boring ,
In the final analysis, I have to thank the Dutton brothers for their ups and downs and interesting scripts, which made the tone of the movie not reduced to preaching, dull and monotonous. The chemical reaction between the two is very funny, which effectively relieved Ahmed, the boy who wanted to kill the teacher. ' seriousness.
In the end, he chose Allah, that is, he chose males and rejected females.
The goodbyes of the two were not very pleasant.
Before leaving for the last time, he climbed the stairs, into the haystack, and gave Louise a shove.
"Bitch!" (Or a bitch, or a slut, or maybe a goddamn heretic.)
The movie ends with a tragic ending. The boy finally escaped and took a car to the female teacher's house, ready to complete his great task. However, due to a series of accidents, he fell from a height to the ground, probably to his spine. The iron bar in his hand symbolizes a comical twist, he has to swap the tip and the other end, trying to get the teacher's attention, the teacher finds him, thinks he has escaped specially to apologize to her, and hugs him sadly , this scene can be said to be very touching.
If we didn't know he was here to continue to assassinate the teacher.
The spine dominates the reflex nerve. When a man injures the spine, hemiplegia in mild cases and sexual dysfunction in severe cases. In order to complete the coming-of-age ceremony, which symbolizes strength, teenagers may eventually lose their instincts as adults.
But seeking benevolence and benevolence, as bystanders, what do we have to criticize?
All in all, "Young Ahmed" can be said to be an interesting movie that I've watched while holding my breath and laughing. It stands out among serious movies that are always full of bullets and swear words when showing Islam. In the serious tone, it has the warmth of family affection, the immaturity of youth, the desire for patriarchal power, the innocence of coexistence between the sexes, and more importantly, its moral inclination in the subject matter of such social cases is refreshing The air that makes people look at it will not be reduced to walking out of the cinema with tears and sympathy. Ahmed has always been the same.
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