This film is a tragedy. The Morgan family in Wales, England, has six sons and one daughter. Fathers and sons work hard mining. Although not rich, the family is happy. After the Great Depression began, unemployment and mining disasters followed. The daughter was married far away, the family was deconstructed, and the family left one by one, but life had to go on. Although the verdant valley has faded, people still look forward to a new hope in the future, a green hope.
Best director winner John Ford is British. When he told this story, he used a sympathetic and tender tone to take a lot of shots of the beautiful valley, the miners sang, and the family loved and helped each other. Like a poem, the idyllic nature of South Wales thrives in the face of the grimness of life. On the day the eldest son died, a new life was born. This coincidence implies that old and new life alternates in the valley, everything is arranged by God. What a peculiar combination of poor workplaces, meager wages and beautiful valleys for the miners. It is these contrasts that prevent this tragedy from falling into dull despair. The director's warm narration and narration are full of love for the simplicity and tenacity of this family. Nostalgia for the homeland. Isn't it? No matter how miserable life is, it can't stop people from yearning for a new life. A calm and broad-minded mind must have been experienced by fireworks in the world.
It is worth mentioning the interesting Welsh accent, which is very similar to the American TV series.
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