The background of the story is actually very heavy, war, ethnic hatred, refugees. But the director didn't speak with that background in full force, just focused on the child. Very simple, very sincere.
Those children, those children who are not like children but very childish, are distressing.
The child's little leader, the satellite, wears glasses, walks the streets, haggling, there is a group of small minions, just like a foreman who is very responsible for the child Wang Jia. He always reminds himself to take care of the lives of a group of children, and he never forgets to be the boss in front of the children. ——Look at him skillfully installing satellites, bargaining with people, perfunctory village chiefs, and telling the refugee girl that you are the woman I rarely like in my life. You really don’t know that he is a thirteen or fourteen-year-old child. Until he was trying to save the little blind man, his foot was blown by a landmine, and he was lying in the house (it seemed to be an old armored vehicle or something), whimpering, whining, whining, whining, no one could persuade him cry. Only then did you find out that he was also a child. The pain is unbearable, and there will be a broken foot in the future, what can he do? As a child, only crying.
And that refugee girl, Yaglin, saw this face for the first time. Shocking. After the shock, tears welled up. She faced the camera without saying a word, her young face was filled with endless sadness, sadness, tiredness, all of which were written on a very, very calm face, a face comparable to any classic camera- - Old age has nothing to do with age. However, she is only a thirteen or fourteen year old child.
Therefore, the crybaby of the satellite, the doll who is always slapped in the face and always crying, while crying, imitating an adult to slap himself to tell the satellite how he was bullied.
I am very grateful to the director to talk about the fate of these children from such a simple perspective. And those criticisms, those reflections, are very peacefully hidden in the children's daily life. In that situation, I only saw the joys, sorrows and sorrows of a group of children. During the interval of the war, a large group of children rushed over, just to make a living, but they still cried when they should cry, and laughed when they should laugh. In order to protect himself, he will also learn to use a gun. Wait until you jump out and think about it. Such a small child is going to dig mines, and the mines are sold at a very cheap price to the dealer, who then sells it to the United Nations for a thousand times more (forgot where to read the statement). . That kind of indignation, that kind of pity, cannot be described in words. In the movie, it was just a seemingly random conversation between the satellite and the dealer when he climbed the top of the mountain. Turning over the stone, the satellite also pretends to easily talk to the children that it has become a business. - In order to make a living, children have to be exploited.
And in the end, the satellite turned away before the American tank, which is also a silent attitude. . In the beginning, did satellites really have the American dream? In the end, is he turning his back in this way to announce the shattering of a dream and the beginning of a new attitude to life? I don't know, because I really don't know much about the love-hate relationship between Kurds and Iraqis and Americans.
Finally, the title of the film, the flying turtle, is said to be used by the director to describe his suffering nation. Although it bears a lot of history and the reality of suffering, it still needs to stand up with a thin neck and fly. . is a symbol. It is precisely because of the deep love and deep knowledge that it can be expressed in such a plain way. And that Zhang, who competed with him for the best foreign language film at the Oscar back then, is a wonderful contrast - it is precisely because his heart is empty that he has to make history as a tiger's banner. (If you want me, I really don’t want to do such a shameless reference comparison.)
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