In the eyes of the teenager, war and games are inseparable. The world of model aircraft overlaps with cruel war scenes. He looks at the scenery in the sky of artillery fire. The teenager had a world of his own, which saved him (remembering how my two-year-old boy was fascinated by the world of Thomas the Train).
Children are also closer to saints. They never worry about the future. They are satisfied when they are full now, and they are alive when they are alive.
Look what happened to him! Perhaps it is fortunate that he is small, or is it that boys are ignorant by nature? The successive disasters of this tragic world did not bring him down. Losing parents, starvation, homelessness, the unknown, violence, and death did not dampen his optimism and self-confidence. He counted worms in his meal and ate them as protein, he was like a duck in water, he learned how to survive and live better, he became the strong among the weak and helped the weak. The fact that his good friend was shot and killed may finally leave a permanent scar on his heart. Before that, he still hoped that magic would bring him back to life. Yes, there are many confident and lucky children among us who think that as long as we make a wish and work hard, we can always make our wishes come true.
The director is very kind, or very Hollywood, and can't bear to tear up beautiful things too much, and beautify this apocalyptic world through the eyes of a young man. Every shot is a beautiful world in the eyes of teenagers. Ruins, gunpowder, concentration camps, and broken curtains are all photographed with a gorgeous and poetic side of "a robe full of lice". The teenager's survival instinct did not make him worse, but took him to a social university, learned a street smart, and brought his vitality and magic to everyone around him. What a well-meaning story.
And I came to this story with the prejudice of being a mother. Seeing this sunshine boy, I very much hope that my boy also has such a strong vitality, and also cherishes his own youth magic - yes, you really have magic power, you can have a world you love and immerse yourself in, and you have the skills You can survive tenaciously, live with taste, and be affectionate and righteous.
How to understand the ending? The teenager thought he had grown up, and "can't remember what his mother looked like" made him numb and panic. After a lapse of four years, the land is old. He survived like an adult, but who is he? He was a forced child - he was a child and he was forced to go through so much. The moment his mother appeared, his cognition of himself was probably confused for a while. The little boy who was looking for his mother and the little adult who was born and died were separated by oceans, and he could not speak a thousand words. And looking for a mother is also a child's instinct. Instinct saved him. He was held in his arms by his mother. He didn't have to think about it anymore. When he was tired, he closed his eyes.
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