Jojo's experience
A ten-year-old boy, a mother, a Jewish girl, and an imaginary friend, Hitler, are the main characters of the film. The film unfolds from the perspective of a child, and through the perspective of a child, we experience the era full of war. A ten-year-old boy should have had a happy childhood, but he was born in a war-torn era, and he had a best friend - Adolf Hitler. This is his imaginary friend, he is a fanatic who follows Hitler, he imagines that he can be the bodyguard of Hitler's side, and he has been working hard for it. When he went to the summer camp, he hesitated when he didn't dare to practice melee attack. He looked at the person next to him, staring blankly. The summer camp promotes some "knowledge". They call Jews monsters. For these children, they have no discernment. They believe these words and burn books. In this way, their words become more truth. Children are gradually bred by them into war machines, which is exactly what they hoped for. During the training in the summer camp, the instructor asked if he dared to kill, but Qiaoqiao did not dare to raise his hand, but everyone else raised their hand, so he raised his hand too. So they gave him a rabbit, he hugged the rabbit and didn't dare to touch it, and finally he put the rabbit down and let it run. Jojo was laughed at by everyone, he ran away, his imaginary friend, Hitler, appeared, and Hitler told him that he was not a coward. So, in order to prove himself, he threw a grenade and wounded himself. So he had to quit the summer camp and do some other work. On the way home, he and his mother saw the hanging body, he felt disgusted, and his mother turned his head to let him watch, he asked, what did they do, and the mother said, they did them can do. Jojo felt pity, yes, they did what they could—live well, how could it be a sin. After Jojo went back, Hitler appeared again, Hitler gave him cigarettes, Jojo said, don't give me cigarettes, I'm only ten years old. He was only ten years old, and his life was not supposed to be like this. Jojo finds the Jewish girl, he wants to hand her over, but in this way, he and his mother will be in danger, So gradually, he and the girl became friends. He wrote a fake letter to make the girl give up on her boyfriend, but he saw that the girl was sad and couldn't bear it, so he wrote another letter, the girl knew he was lying to her, but she didn't expose it his lies. As the days passed, their relationship got better and better, and he gradually realized that the Jews were not monsters, they were just like himself. One day the Gestapo came to inspect the house, and he and the girl managed to deceive them. The boy is protecting her. But Hitler jumped out again, Hitler said, I doubt your loyalty. Say to Jojo, you're 10 years old, look like you're 10. Jojo fell silent. A ten-year-old kid, what should that look like?!! Jojo continues his work, he wanders the streets, sees posters falling, and tries to stick, he sees a blue butterfly, he He chased after him, but he saw his mother's shoes. When his mother died, he hugged the shoes and cried bitterly. His world collapsed. No one could protect him anymore. But this time, he helped his mother tie the loose shoelaces, and he went home. At this time, the surrounding houses showed a look of ridicule. After he returned home, he picked up the knife and wanted to kill the Jewish girl, but although he held up the knife, he couldn't put it down and dared not use it. They cuddled with each other, and all they had left was each other. The war developed so quickly, his hometown was reduced to a battlefield, a ruin, he learned from the soldiers that Hitler committed suicide, his faith no longer existed, his world collapsed again, bombs flew by him , he saw someone die. His home has changed beyond recognition, and he has seen with his own eyes how a beautiful home has been reduced to rubble, and he has witnessed the killing. He saw his former playmate pick up a weapon and rush towards the "enemy". At this moment, he is so weak and helpless. In the end, his country was defeated and peace was won. He doesn't believe in Hitler anymore, he's just a 10-year-old now. He stood at the door of the house and hesitated to go in, he was afraid of disappointment - the girl would leave, he lied to the girl and just wanted to keep her. He looked at the "books" he wrote, looked at the paintings, but he knew that he couldn't do it, so he took the girl out of the house, tied her shoelaces, the girl slapped him after she went out, and then They dance with the wind, dance belongs to free people, the boy grows up, he becomes an ordinary, free person who dances in the wind. Jojo continued his work, he was wandering on the street, he saw the poster fell, and he would try to stick it on, he saw a blue butterfly, he chased after him, but he saw his mother's shoes, her mother was dead He was crying with his shoes in his arms, his world collapsed, no one would protect him anymore, he was 10 years old and could never learn to tie his shoelaces, but this time, he helped his mother to tie the scattered shoelaces, he back home. At this time, the surrounding houses showed a look of ridicule. After he returned home, he picked up the knife and wanted to kill the Jewish girl, but although he held up the knife, he couldn't put it down and dared not use it. They cuddled with each other, and all they had left was each other. The war developed so quickly, his hometown was reduced to a battlefield, a ruin, he learned from the soldiers that Hitler committed suicide, his faith no longer existed, his world collapsed again, bombs flew by him , he saw someone die. His home has changed beyond recognition, and he has seen with his own eyes how a beautiful home has been reduced to rubble, and he has witnessed the killing. He saw his former playmate pick up a weapon and rush towards the "enemy". At this moment, he is so weak and helpless. In the end, his country was defeated and peace was won. He doesn't believe in Hitler anymore, he's just a 10-year-old now. He stood at the door of the house and hesitated to go in, he was afraid of disappointment - the girl would leave, he lied to the girl and just wanted to keep her. He looked at the "books" he wrote, looked at the paintings, but he knew that he couldn't do it, so he took the girl out of the house, tied her shoelaces, the girl slapped him after she went out, and then They dance with the wind, dance belongs to free people, the boy grows up, he becomes an ordinary, free person who dances in the wind.
familiar leather shoes
Mom is trying to protect Jojo's world, she calls him Field Marshal, doesn't destroy his imagination, protects his "dream." When his face hurts, tell him it's a hard thing to get attention , is a rare opportunity to give him confidence. Mom never regarded him as a Nazi. Mom said he was just a fun-loving ten-year-old boy who liked to wear uniforms and wanted to join a club. Mom never denied his kindness. His mother told him what love was -- it was the feeling of butterflies tumbling in his stomach. His mother said that he would meet someone like that, and then he would know the taste of love. Mom told him he should be a 10-year-old boy - climb a tree, fall off a tree, and climb a tree again... Mom said dance together, Jojo said no, Mom said dancing is Free, those who have freedom can dance. Mom does everything she can to protect his pure kindness and create a "beautiful world" for him. Mom will smear ashes and pretend to be Dad, let him feel love and teach him to be brave. He was ridiculed for not being able to tie his shoes when he was 10 years old, but his mother never blamed him, just said that one day he would learn. In the end, he became a real 10-year-old boy - ordinary, free, dancing in the wind.
A Jewish girl - Elsa
In order to protect the girl, her mother hid her in the darkroom, but by chance, Jojo discovered her, Jojo wanted to report her, but in the end, he was persuaded by the girl. In order to make the girl sad, Qiaoqiao wrote a fake letter, but when he saw that the girl was really sad, he couldn't bear it, so he wrote another letter, and it went on like this. The girl knew that the letter was fake, but did not expose him, she knew that he was kind. The girl is kind, brave, and sincere, so in the process of contacting the girl, the boy knows that they are no different from himself, he gradually let go of his prejudice, and slowly they became friends. The girl finally told Qiaoqiao that her boyfriend died a year ago, and the girl did not want to expose the boy's white lie, so she kept it hidden for so long. Jojo told her that he loved her, and she said that I love your brother like that. Finally, the boy ties her shoelaces, they walk out the door and dance in the wind, they are free, they can finally be a child. The girl is not young, but she has experienced too much that she should not have experienced. She is forced to "grow up" and mature, and she has to learn how to deal with this cruel world that should not be so cruel. She is alone and has nowhere to hide. The world is so big that there is no place for her, and there is no place for her heart.
A best friend - Hitler
He is Jojo's fantasy. It is a child's fantasy of a ruler. He is approachable, even a little silly. Being kind in Jojo's fantasy, Jojo doesn't know anything about his cruelty. War is incomprehensible to children, and they barely know what war is until they know the war is in front of their eyes, and how much trauma it will leave them.
Off topic
The film uses warm tones, macarons? Bright, warm, reminds me of Wes Anderson. But what the film presents is cruelty, like sugar-coated pills, under that layer of sugar-coating is pain. Using comedy to tell pain is more cruel and joking. Fortunately, the movie ends up with a warm shot of Jojo and Elsa dancing in the wind.
Let everything happen to you-Better and terror-Just keep going-No feeling is final.-No feeling is final
- Rainer Maria Rickel
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