No one knows what will happen next. The
story takes place in the deserts of Morocco, West Africa, where an old farmer, Hassin, sells another farmer a gun as an effective weapon against leopards attacking the sheep, where guns are in high demand. The farmer's two sons tried the gun excitedly, and the bullet passed through the air, but unexpectedly, it accidentally hit Richard's wife, Susan, in the sightseeing bus.
Richard and his wife are ordinary American couples. In order to save their dying love, they came to Morocco to relax. Left shoulder, life is at stake.
Emilia is the Mexican nanny of Richard's family. She is responsible for taking care of the two children. They are like a family. On this day, she wanted to take a day off from her master and go back to her son's wedding, but Richard did not agree. Unable to find someone to take care of the children, Ai decided to take the two children out of the country.
The father of the Japanese deaf girl Keiko was the Japanese tourist who gave the gun to Hasin at that time. When the shooting happened, the origin of the gun needed to be confirmed, so the police found him again. After witnessing her mother's suicide, Keiko's relationship with her father has become increasingly indifferent. She strives to stay in line with society, but she clearly feels the exclusion from society. In a world where she can't hear or speak, she is suffering. On this day, the police came to the door again. Now, she hates the cops who come to investigate her mother's death again, but develops feelings for one of the detectives.
What prevents normal communication?
After the accident, Richard and his wife fell into a desperate situation. They came to a remote and backward village to wait for rescue. Richard was helpless in tears. At the same time, the accident caused an uproar in the world. The United States thought it was a terrorist attack. It is believed that the Moroccan government has not completely eliminated the terrorist militants there, which has affected world peace, while the Moroccan government only believes that it was an ordinary wounding and robbery incident, and that the US side is making a fuss. The local supplies were defaulted, and time was passing slowly. When the government was still discussing political issues and whether it was appropriate to send an ambulance helicopter, the other Americans on the sightseeing bus left Richard and his wife behind to protect themselves. Dust away. There is a line I remember very clearly, an American fat guy said: Get out of here, last time, people here cut the throats of 30 German tourists! This is disgusting.
Amelia lied that she was the aunt of the two children and had successfully left the country, but when she returned to the United States, she was confronted by the patrol officers. Isn't it the most human rights and equality country in the world? Ai's nephew B drinking and driving is wrong, but what led to the bad consequences was the patrol police's prejudice against black people. The incident became more and more serious, and finally almost reached the point of despair. In order to avoid the police car, B let them get out of the car. Ai walked all day and night in the desert with two children, thirsty and tired. In order to be rescued earlier, She left the child in the shade of a tree and searched for rescue alone, and finally came across a passing police car. However, the police regarded her as a smuggling suspect. It was extremely unfortunate that the child was also lost in the desert. Miria was taken back to the police station with mixed regrets, but was found to be an illegal worker. She has lived in the United States for 16 years and is waiting for the result of being deported back to China.
Keiko, who was in a silent world, once said: In this world, only my mother would listen to me "speak". Moreover, this line appeared twice in a row, I think, this is what the director wants to express, why this girl in puberty will do something different from ordinary people. Because she felt that her father didn't know what she was thinking at all. As we usually say, no matter how much material things are given, there is no spiritual communication at all. Although the father and daughter love each other, they are full of estrangement.
Some people say that if the child who got into trouble had told the truth at the beginning, there might not have been discussions that would affect the relationship between the two countries, the rescue time would not have been delayed, and so many things would not have happened. In fact, it is not. Not only from the psychological analysis of the accident, I also noticed some details of the film. The Moroccan police's attitude towards the farmers is chilling, with handcuffs, violent beatings, and even guns. The local farmers' fear of the police is no less than terror. Molecular, out of fear of the police and the psychology of avoiding disasters, the two little devils did not tell the truth when they met the police, they were too scared, it was not the other people who were killed, but the Americans, and the Americans were behind them. In their eyes, they cannot offend those who are higher than them. If time could go back, things would not have happened. The reason why Richard and Susan went to Morocco to relax, the reason why the child did not report the crime, the reason why B drove out of the border guard, the reason why Keiko behaved abnormally... all stemmed from the communication Obstacles arose. So, what is stopping us from communicating? There are so many answers here that I don't know what to say. People who have seen the film, more or less know it.
Sympathy is the resonance of pain.
Many people do not understand the behavior of the Japanese schoolgirl, thinking that she is a mentally eccentric patient, and her teasing of the dentist is even more incredible. If it is said that she gave up on herself just because her mother died, I think Keiko is far from it. So superficial.
She lives in a silent world, an adolescent girl, the desire for love grows in her heart, she hopes to get another kind of love that is different from the father's love, she hopes that others will love her, I think it is only a matter of teasing the dentist. This kind of attempt, can love be rewarded if it is paid? She was by no means in love with the dentist. She is a stubborn girl and a lonely girl at the same time.
She came to the dance hall with a friend she just met, and the music is sometimes absent. I know, this is the difference between the sound and the silent in the movie. When there is no music, she Looking at the expressions of the people next to her, she tried her best to smile. She didn't want to be different from others. However, when she saw her best friend kissing a man, she signaled to leave. Her friend waved goodbye to her, no The meaning of leaving is that she left the ballroom alone, she still does not belong to the normal world, she simply thinks that maybe if there is love, it will do.
She called the detective home, naked and hoped that he would accept her love. Instead of pushing her away like a dentist, the detective comforted her sympathetically. The last thing she wrote to the detective was The director didn't tell us what was written on the densely packed note. Sympathy means painful resonance. The scene of the detective drinking alone can only make us speculate. Keiko should have woken up. In fact, the estrangement between her and the society is not because of her disability, but because of the morbidity of the society itself, the common problem of young people, emptiness, loneliness, confusion about life, and ignorance of love. If you have a disabled heart, it will Always autistic or even death. In the end, Keiko's father and daughter held hands and looked at the beautiful night view of Japan. It was as quiet as a painting. If there is love between father and daughter, there must be understanding.
Dedicated to my children. The darkest night, the brightest light.
Originally, I thought that the arrangement of the line of American children was to emphasize the unfortunate American family and to show the misunderstanding and unfair treatment of Mexican immigrants by the American authorities. I thought it was because the director was Mexican. I thought it was not necessary at all, until the end of the film, the director finally gave me a relatively satisfactory answer, which is this line: "Dedicated to my child. The darkest night, the brightest light." At the
end of the film, it seems to be misplaced Like a film, I went back to the scene where Li Cha called home at the beginning. After listening to a few words, I understood that the story was told separately. The beginning of the film is the scene of the phone call from home, and the end of the film focuses on Li. When he was on the phone, he could not help crying, expressing a strong desire for family happiness and warmth. If there were no children, maybe he and his wife had already broken up, and the children became the dark night. He insisted. reason to hold on.
The Tower of Babel originated from the story in the Bible.
In order to find heaven, people built a giant tower leading to the sky. Because of the concerted efforts, the world built it very quickly, and it was about to arrive, so I was very proud. God punished the pride of the world. , which messed up the language of the world, people could not communicate, and the Babel Tower under construction was abandoned halfway. Babel, the meaning of Babel, expresses the impossibility of human communication. The English, Spanish, Arabic, Japanese, and even sign language in the film, as well as all kinds of people in various countries, represent the old man in the Old Testament of the Bible. The story makes an excellent metaphor for this film.
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