"Baby Bao" is a cartoon released before The Incredibles. On February 25, 2019, the film won the Best Animated Short Film Award at the 91st Academy Awards. The film tells the story of an elderly Chinese mother who was unhappy when her son left home as an adult, but unexpectedly became the mother of Bao Bao, an innocent and lively Bao Bao, who was finally heartbroken because of Bao Bao's departure. Eating stories.
At the beginning of the film, the festive and cheerful soundtrack similar to the Chinese guzheng adds a strong Chinese element. The chubby hands are kneading the dough, and there are only hand shots, and the craftsmanship is exquisite, which makes people think that this will be a typical Chinese woman who is virtuous and kind. The picture has always been warm tones, the steamed buns are fragrant, the women have breakfast with the men with the fragrant buns, the women are chewing slowly, and the men finish eating and go to work with their bags, leaving only the women. One person eating, under the strong loneliness of the woman, Bao Bao appeared at this time.
At first, we didn't know the meaning of this steamed bun. From the appearance, it is a very cute and cute steamed bun. Gradually, women take care of it as a child. Whenever the steamed bun is hurt, the woman will be horrified. With big eyes, it seems that there is nothing to worry about except the safety of the baby. A strong woman's biggest weakness is its children.
Steamed buns grow up and have their own ideas, and women are always caring for them, so they can only stay by her side forever. Women don't let buns play with other children, and when buns run out of a woman's sight, she will put them off. It caught it, and secretly listened to Baozi's phone calls... Women were always obstructing Baozi's various behaviors. In the end, Baozi was going to marry someone else. The woman disagreed. In grief, the woman ate the Baozi. After seeing this, I understood this short film. What she was really talking about, she didn't think she would eat the buns, but this subconscious behavior was accumulating over time.
In the end, the woman was crying alone in the room, and a man like a steamed bun appeared. From the photo on the wall of the woman's bedroom, it can be seen that this is her child. At this time, we can really be sure that the baby is the incarnation of her child. The light in the room is very warm, and the child comforts the mother. Attentive viewers may find that the pink gift box and bread that the child uses to comfort the mother is the same as the box that the mother uses to comfort the buns, and the child did not accept it at that time. The mother accepted it. If the child accepted it at the time, maybe he would become a mother and boy forever. The moment the mother accepted the bread in the box, she really realized that the child had grown up and it was time to let go.
This short film deeply reflects on the typical Chinese-style family education. This education method is not very bad, but it is not much better. It is a double-edged sword. While accepting this kind of careful care and protection, we also have to accept our incompetence and weakness. Because of overprotection, our life has a barrier with the outside world. Mother is constantly pulling us to the very center of the barrier. And what we have to do is to rush out of the barrier, and at the moment of rushing out, it means growing up. The mother's figure in this film is tall and majestic, which forms a strong visual impact with Baozi's short stature. No matter how young Baozi is, she will always be under her mother's control. The father is like an embellishment, which increases the loneliness of the mother, and also strongly indicates the deviation of the father and mother in the traditional family to the children's company. And Baozi is short and light, which can easily stimulate people's desire for protection. He is even a little weak, always crying, as if it will break with a light touch, so that the mother in the beginning of the film is overprotective. We regard it as a It should be normal, but then it was so weak that it started to fight, although it didn't help. In the end, the mother ate it, the weak bun disappeared, and a grown son who was stronger and stronger than the mother appeared. At this time, the mother accepted. Growth is like this, from obedience, rebellion, to self-formation, and the mother's overprotective possession in the film will one day let go, and the moment she lets go, a truly independent and self-improving child is born.
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