Another sad and pitiful work of Lao Hei. The bottom layer describes the living conditions of a group of people living in a rubbish straw shed. The performance space of the entire film is limited to a dilapidated room, which is haphazardly pieced together with rags. , a house without a piece of furniture, and a path outside the door. Based on a novel by Gorky. This film is too cruel. It analyzes the bloody reality and puts it directly in front of people's eyes. Poverty is a sin. People living in this class have no self-respect, no right to speak, or even no heart. People can do anything for money, as long as they can fill their stomachs and live humbly.
At the beginning of the film, two people dump garbage under the cliff. Below is a beggar's shed made of straw and wood. There are thieves, prostitutes, tinkerers, actors, prisoners, gamblers, alcoholics, etc. The private space of a bed costs 10 cents a month in rent. Everyone here is arguing all day, and there is not a moment of peace. The tinkerer was grinding the tattered iron pot all day long, turning a blind eye to his terminally ill wife who was moaning all day long, wishing she could die sooner so that he could escape this poverty-stricken sea, relying on this fantasy, he stubbornly live. Drunkards fantasize about finding a temple that offers free alcohol and drug addiction; prostitutes fantasize about love stories with their clients all day long. After the thief played with the landlady's feelings, he fell in love with her sister again and wanted to distance himself from the landlady. Living under this eaves where the sun never shines, poverty is like a vicious curse, and the shadow of the curse hangs over everyone, constantly reincarnating and degenerating. The final outcome is that everyone can only rely on dreams to live hard, and recognizing the reality will only deprive this type of people of their right to live.
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