It's our responsibility and yours

Ladarius 2022-01-20 08:01:28

I won’t go into more details about the content of the film~The

plot in the film:

After finishing treatment from the “well-clothed” hospital, he returned to the home of “cry hunger and cold” to recuperate his father. Fear of punishing the "dying words" made by the elder son who didn't dare to go out to work (Of course he didn't know that the younger son was going to poison himself, although he had thought of using suicide to reduce the burden of this post-war impoverished family. ):

"It would be great if the mother was alive, but she was taken away from me, the property was taken away by inflation, and the children were taken away by Hitler;
I don't even have the strength to resist, everyone is like this. I know. When the disaster strikes, it’s impossible to resist, and it’s today’s result. It
’s our responsibility and yours
....
Don’t fight anymore, stop escaping from life, and return to society to live like ordinary people. It’s not a shame to bear fate. Things..." The


film reflects what many war movies will respond to: the cruelty of war/the sorrow of the people after the war/humanity/people's thoughts and beliefs, etc.

In many cases, do we spend some time to think about why this is the case? Why did it become like this?


The sense of scarcity is rampant, and the powerful leader who controls the possessive violently yells in his heart (not just in his heart): more~! more~! more~!

The selfish, ruthless and greedy landlord shouted in his heart: more~! more~! more~!

Using children to make money to instill the thought of power more~! What the hell~!

Innocent and kind-hearted by nature, the pressure of life is quite heavy, seeking to feed his family, looking for food, listening to slander, going astray, suspecting of cumbersome and poisoning his father, and finally falling into the abyss of inner moral condemnation and guilt, shouting in the heart of the little male protagonist: more~! more~! Oh my world~! God damn it~!


Okay, dear ones, thinking about something in their heads, so...then...just do it...

Who made the countless series of cups? Whose responsibility is it? What caused it? What is the responsibility?


The following is a text from the beginning of the film:

Italian:
Quando le ideologie si discostano dalle leggi eterne della morale e della pietà cristiana, che sono alla lase della vita degli uomini, finiscono per diventare criminale follia.
Persino la prudenza dell'infanzia ne viene contaminata dell'infanzia e trascinata da un orrendo delitto ad un altro non meno grave, nel quale, con la ingenuità propria dell'innocenza, crede di trovare una liberazione dalla colpa.

English:
When ideologies distance themselves from Christian morality and piety, the very foundation of human life they become criminal folly.
Even childhood innocence is tainted and drawn from a horrible crime to a lesser one in which, through its own ingenuity, it believes to find freedom from guilt.

英文:
Morality and the loving spirit of Christianity should always be the foundation of human life.
Even children with innocent hearts and deviations in their ideological systems lead to crimes and mental problems, and they are all untainted.




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Extended Reading
  • Anthony 2022-03-27 09:01:19

    The motion long shots of this movie are so beautiful, nothing to say

  • Clemmie 2022-03-27 09:01:19

    The third part of Rossellini's post-war trilogy, from Italy in "War" to the defeated Germany, a little boy whose mood is completely integrated into the wandering ruins of Berlin The great tragedy is not over yet, but also in memory of the director's son who died prematurely. Restoration of the Archives.

Germany Year Zero quotes

  • Edmund: I have no work, and neither does Eva. My brother still won't report and get his card.

    Il maestro: I understand, but what can I do?

    Edmund: My father needs treatment. Can't you help me? What can I do?

    Il maestro: There's nothing you can do. Times are hard for everyone, worse for weak and old people. You've done all you can.

    Edmund: But what if he dies?

    Il maestro: If he dies, he dies. We all die sooner or later. Would you rather die yourself or let an old man live?

  • Karl-Heinz: Who gave you money to buy cigarettes?

    Edmund: It was a gift.

    Karl-Heinz: From who? Those bad boys you go stealing with?

    Edmund: It wasn't boys. It was a girl.

    Karl-Heinz: You should be ashamed of yourself.

    Edmund: Why? Everybody does it.

    Karl-Heinz: That's not a reason.

    Edmund: Her name is Christl. She's all alone, and she sleeps in a basement. She's a nice girl. I like her. She gives cigarettes to all her friends. You should have a woman to take care of you.

    Karl-Heinz: A woman? That's all I need. Like this bitch of a life wasn't enough.

    Edmund: Don't talk like that! Have courage!

    Karl-Heinz: I had courage. A soldier can lose everything but his courage. But now I'm not a soldier anymore. I'm less than useless, another mouth to feed.