"Alive" has a certain epic quality, which is packaged under the fate of individuals and families, and at the same time, there is a faint sympathy and sad black humor. The personal living state and suffering of the film, in the simplified historical background, reflect the joys and sorrows of the little people and the absurdity of the times. The ending of the film, though mild, is thought-provoking. Fugui's life is a gradual process of evolution. The film also has mild satire on the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution. The despair, helplessness, and powerlessness in the film are transformed in black humor and become the Chinese people's enduring in a difficult state of existence.
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