The scenery on the road needs you to lend me a pair of eyes

Eduardo 2022-03-24 09:03:52

When I was in India, I often sighed that the joy of this country is so strong. Children can be happy for a long time because they get a candy and fold it into a bird out of candy paper; adults can gather on the street and drink a cup of fragrant milk tea with a dirty cup, and their faces are full of happy smiles. They are also worried about money and frustrated with unsatisfactory work, but it seems that these cannot shake the ultimate life creed of Indians: life is short, and it is time to have fun. So when I was walking through the slums of Mumbai, I saw a group of pigeons lined up in the air, and saw people hanging colorful clothes on the roofs, and their songs were often heard in my ears, and I was very emotional. Indians are so happy.

The documentary "Born in a Brothel" also fits the Indian tone--a sense of joy, which is obviously a bit contrary to the theme of the film. These children, who were born with the stigma of "born in a brothel", are destined to suffer unfair social treatment - no school is willing to accept them, no friends from normal families, and even when they grow up, they will bear a heavy cross. , suffered more than their peers. But are people born with heavy burdens doomed to be unhappy? Born in a Brothel tells us: Of course not! Everyone has the right to be happy.

American photographer Zana teaches photography to these children who grew up in brothels. Each child uses a simple camera in his hand to discover interesting moments around him. In the process of teaching children, Zana feels that these children are more sensitive than their peers, and at the same time, they are shocked by their extraordinary intelligence.

The little girl Kochi who looks very quiet is always smiling. She washes dishes for others in order to support her family. She knows what her mother is doing. She knows that it is uncomfortable for strangers to come to her house. She knows everything but chooses not to say it. , Often this kind of person will burst out the most amazing power at a certain moment, and in the end she is also the only girl who insists on studying in school.

Another girl who made a deep impression on me is Puja, she is eccentric, innocent and cheerful, full of energy, she is never shy about sharing food and good things with her friends, she looks like a big sister, when she is around. When her friend felt sad and hesitant, she was even able to keep him and gently stroked her friend's back to say something very incompatible with her 8-year-old age: Don't be sad, everything will be fine. I always thought that such an independent and optimistic girl would have a future that was at least different from those of her predecessors, but seeing that her grandmother and her mother were all prostitutes, I felt a little bit of love for her, and I knew that the brothel was a place for her. This girl named Puja had too many traces, these things she couldn't get rid of. The photos she takes are never so balanced, some are a moment of wind, and some are cows by the sea that are not framed in the lens. Destiny is like this sometimes, you don't have the consciousness to fight at all, it wins naked. Later, I learned that Puja still copied the path of her grandmother and mother. Although she was a little surprised, she still felt that this girl might have given up on herself prematurely.

I believe that all the people who have watched this documentary, like me, have always been obsessed with Avijit, a young boy who is very talented and intelligent, but hates when others say he is fat. The female photographer Zana in the film has been working hard, hoping that Avijit's drawing talent and natural ability to frame pictures will not be consumed by the environment of the brothel. She encourages him to discover, observe, paint, compose, and Dare to imagine, to talk to himself, and finally he took out his heart: I miss my mother, my father used to be strong and famous, but I don't know when he started getting drugs, he was in every day Smoking, and gradually no one paid attention to him, but I still love him. The sadness in his eyes is very disturbing. If a person does not understand the pain of death, he will greet death with a smile instead. Avijit is more mature than his peers, and he knows what awaits him in the future. , those dirty and unpleasant red light districts, he understands more thoroughly than others. He said that the word HOPE has never been used in his life, because the opposite of HOPE is desperated, which is the abyss that makes him unable to see the bottom at a glance, so he suddenly found that Zana has weaved a beautiful dream for him, and the dream always has to wake up, It is better to open your eyes than to be awakened by others. When he knew that it was impossible for him to go abroad to participate in photography exhibitions, and he decided to stop studying photography with Zana, I was really heartbroken for him as a movie watcher. We all know that for Avijit, being able to meet Zana is the greatest luck in his unfortunate life. If he does not know how to seize this opportunity, then the word "destiny" will not appear in his life, because he will only Live like a walking dead. God help the self helper, I have always believed this, when Zana handed him his visa to the Netherlands, Avijit proudly said, I am going to the Netherlands! At the moment when the plane took off, I sincerely wish this young man, because I know that because of this trip, he will restart the engine of a splendid life. I suddenly remembered Wei Minzhi, who filmed Zhang Yimou's "No One Can Be Missed". A rural girl who had never seen a camera saw a big director, who was the first director and unified the overall situation, waving a group of people with long sleeves and dancing. She was deeply affected and decided to throw the hoe. In the field, I only read the sage books, and now this rural girl is enjoying the warmest sun in California.

Many times, we can't control or manipulate fate, but we can choose a direction to move forward. Many times, we can't regard fate as a friend, because it is always a slightly mocking elder, teasing you, playing with you, but in Appreciate your efforts in silence.
God helps those who help themselves, and I hope that children who are still suffering can face every day with a smile.

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Extended Reading
  • Ian 2022-03-26 09:01:14

    "Though it's hard to face, but we must to look at it because it is truth.' I believe that everyone is talented, depending on how you treat him and what kind of environment you have. The child said no Hope, while smiling like a flower, the attitude towards fate is speechless.

  • Joyce 2022-03-20 09:03:10

    Auntie Zana, do you know one of the saddest things in this world is to sow a seed of hope and watch it sprout, grow, and wither in the face of reality?

Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids quotes

  • Avjit: There is nothing called hope in my future.

  • Tapasi: Just today, I took someone's picture and he bad mouthed me. I didn't mind. You really have to put up with a lot if you want to learn to do something well.