"Theeb" is a Jordanian film that won the Horizon Best Director Award at the Venice Film Festival and was nominated for The Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film Award . "Theeb" means wolf, so someone translated this film into "Little Wild Wolf in the Desert."
Of course, this is not a movie about wolves. Its protagonist Theeb is a child about ten years old. In the early 20th century, in the Middle East, Theeb and his Bedouin tribe lived in the desert. A British officer and an Arab guide wanted to go to a "Roman well" on the pilgrimage road to complete a mysterious mission, and came to the tribe to ask for guidance. The Bedouin people have a tradition, as long as guests come to your tent for help, you must help. Since the railway was built in the desert, the pilgrimage route has been abandoned, and the robbers there are extremely dangerous. At this time, the old chief had passed away, and his eldest son, the new chief, appointed his younger brother Hussein to lead the way. The youngest brother Theeb insisted on following his brother Ding, and the dangerous journey began. The Englishman, guide, and brother Hussein were all killed by the enemy, while Theeb encountered a stranger who killed his brother but was wounded. He may be a robber or a mercenary from the Ottoman Empire. In the treacherous environment, they came together temporarily to survive, and finally, for their brother, Theeb raised his gun at the stranger.
This is an Arab western film with exotic flavors: desert scenery, robbers, gun battles, revenge. You can see how the Bedouins treat guests and how they pay attention to brotherhood; you can also watch So, what happens when a person is trapped by the most difficult enemy, but needs help from the enemy in order to survive, and how this relationship will develop; you can see that the train goes into the desert, and the collision between modern and traditional How does it affect the way people live? Of course you can see that the real environment will completely change a person all at once. Director Naji Abu Nova said: "In Bedouin culture, the wolf is a very important animal. It is ambitious and awe-inspiring, and it is also an enemy and a friend. If your nickname is'wolf' ', in Bedouin culture, you have won respect and are recognized as a person who is bold and agile, capable of achieving incredible feats. The wolf is both a hero and a villain. It is both fearful and admired with deep ambiguity. It attracts me, so I named the protagonist Theeb. It contains both glory and tragedy." When Theeb appeared on the stage, he was a weak child who had not yet learned to shoot and followed his brother on the pilgrimage road, but worried about his brother. The safety; seeing the blood and corpse in the well, showing a frightened expression; meeting a robber shooting a gun and covering his ears. However, at the end of the movie, Theeb we saw was completely different. Obviously, he became a wolf, a fearsome wolf. There is bravery, firmness, and indomitability here: in isolation, a person struggles with hunger, thirst, night, fear, and loneliness; at the same time, there are fierceness, coldness, and betrayal here: hatred makes his eyes red, against who is him His enemy—killed his brother Hussein and his benefactor—the stranger who helped him escape the survival crisis, pulled the pistol heavily.
The relationship between Theeb and strangers is the focus of this film. Their rendezvous, echoing, repelling, and interaction are the best parts of this film. When Theeb met a stranger, when the stranger was unconscious, the stranger killed his brother. There were many chances Theeb could kill him for revenge, but at the end, the stranger exchanged British property and Ottoman soldiers for coins. When he moved his hands. The strangers presented by the director still seem very kind. The stranger said to Theeb: "I said surrender and spare you, what did you do? You shot me, so you can't blame me." The stranger wanted the camel, not Theeb's lives. The stranger said: "Only I can save you." When Theeb was hungry, he gave him bread; when he was worried that he would pass out, he trusted the handgun to Theeb; when he knew Theeb's father was the old chief, He sighed: "The tiger father has no dogs." He asked Theeb to ride a camel to find his way home; from the North Star in the sky, he taught Theeb to distinguish the direction; when he arrived at the Ottoman army barracks, in order to dispel the officers' suspicion, he lied that Theeb was his own son. The stranger revealed his heart to Theeb: "My family has been a guide for pilgrims for generations, but when the train came, everything was ruined. It takes more than a month to walk on camels, and it only takes a week to ride the'iron donkey' (referring to the train). That's it." The stranger claimed to be "the last pilgrim's guide." This is a man who travels north and south. He has seen the Red Sea and the Palestine Sea. He has been to Mecca by boat. He knows all kinds of people, from wise men to businessmen. But he never thought that Theeb, who he knew from the bottom of his heart as his son, would When he was defenseless, he shot a deadly bullet.
The film was shot in Jordan, mostly in Wadi Rum. It is rare to see the intersection of heaven and earth, especially the pilgrimage road, surrounded by rocks and canyons. The director said: "I want Theeb and the audience to be constantly surrounded by mountains. I never want heaven and earth to intersect, as if we are in a maze or forest." But at the end of the movie, we see a picture of the intersection of heaven and earth, a distant view. The black smoky train in the middle of the road slowly travels across the vast desert. The close shot cuts into the railroad tracks with yellow sand pillows. There are camels stepping on their feet. Amidst some tragic music, Theeb riding a camel walks towards the depths of the camera. Where will Theeb grow up? How will Theeb, who has two sides like a wolf, face the rapidly changing and increasingly harsh world?
