The streets and alleys that I often pass through seem familiar and unfamiliar, and the Mediterranean Sea also has different colors in the movie. The people of different skin tones that appear in front of our eyes every day are becoming more and more intense in the movie. There are more and more foreigners on the street, those who live here or not; there are also more and more homeless people on the street, both from foreign countries and from their own countries. I only know more than half of Barcelona in the movie, but I don't question the truth of the other half. The plot can be fabricated, but the problem always exists. Javier explained that he was not the lucky one, but he was certainly not the most tragic one. The depths of sin may contain a ray of good light, and behind the gorgeous faces of every city, there will also be dark corners. Some people living in this city are like shadows, which Raval will see in the middle of the night.
Although the appearance of Chinese in the movie does not rule out the suspicion of using Asian elements to make things happen, Catalonia is indeed the region with the most Chinese immigrants in Spain. Although most of the Chinese people I have seen live well, some are even better than many Spaniards, the tragedies of illegal immigrants still occur from time to time. Foreign immigrants have now become an extremely urgent problem in Catalonia. How will those who have come and those who will come "reform" this place? The policeman said in the movie, "We are exchanging ham for rice with the Chinese." The contradictions and interdependence between outsiders and local residents have always existed in the film, just like the relationship between Uxbal and his ex-wife. While the people here complain that the shops run by the Chinese and Pakistanis are too long and it is unfair to compete, they are also enjoying the convenience created by the immigrants. They feel the "threat" and "insecurity" caused by immigrants, but they can no longer leave the services provided by immigrants. Those Pakistanis who sell beer in Raval, Gothic Quarter late at night are also an integral part of the city’s nightlife. While the first generation of immigrants still miss their hometown all the time, the second and third generations of immigrants have regarded this place as their own country, but the people in the cities that accepted these people still do not think that these foreigners belong to the same category. here.
Maybe the director just wants to tell a somewhat profound personal story, maybe I overemphasized the meaning of immigrants in the movie, but those faces in the movie actually appear in this city every day. When the rain washes the city and washes the curtains floating outside the window, it seems that many mistakes can be forgiven and many ugliness can be washed away. No matter where you come from, and no matter how many memories and homesickness the rain can wash away, people from foreign countries in the rain must continue to live in this city. Regarding the choice of leaving or staying, many times it is not just a proposition that foreigners need to face.
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