Although this film has been released for many years, because it is the first time for me to see it, the perspective is very unique. Most of the World War II in my impression is from the perspective of the anti-fascist alliance, and many of them include many anti-Japanese dramas. Here, from the perspective of children in the war, they do not deny any party, but only talk about the survival of children in the war, which makes people quite emotional.
Ivan - a child of the British aristocracy, a personification of the pursuit of idealism. At the beginning of the film, his separation from his family did not seem to have made him much sad, and he could still continue to live a carefree life with the food at home, and even pedal his bicycle in the apartment. But the servant's slap seemed to wake him up, knowing that he was no longer a young master. A life of suffering has begun. In the military camp, on the way to transfer, and in the church, every scene is a boy who has never experienced the test of human nature. Gradually, he has learned to obey, and he has also learned to surrender. I don't know. When did he also learn - I Surrender. When he shouted it for the first time, I thought it was a joke, but when he said it in the military camp, I was shocked. I rode around the playground, no matter who was around, as long as I was alive, I could surrender. . Perhaps the only interest in survival for him was his childhood dream of an airplane. When the plane bombed back and forth, he stood on the top of the building and shouted wildly. Maybe that was the closest he was to his dream.
Not sure when I will also I Surrender.
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