I see shadows belonging to many people, shadows of childhood

Elfrieda 2022-03-26 09:01:11

This is a work that calls for social attention and care for children. This is the first movie I've ever given a 5 out of 5.

At any time, there will always be a group of children who, for various reasons, are separated from their parents when they most need to be cared for and loved, and have lost their innocent carefreeness. This is a group of poor children.

At the beginning of the film, the loneliness of Zucchini is distressing. Zucchini in a single-parent family, although accompanied by a mother, but the mother who accompanies her is drinking heavily all day. Besides scolding or beating her children, the life of zucchini is actually a person's life.

In an accident, the zucchini had to be sent to the orphanage by the police. Every child there had a similar experience with zucchini. In that place, it seemed like another world. They do not have the squeamishness and happiness around their parents. Even children of the same age have a layer of self-protection windows outside their hearts, which are tightly closed and are afraid of touching them. This is the coldness of reality, which causes children to lose the agility and joy that they should have from an early age.

This is a group of loving children. Although the children are small, they all have their own concerns. This includes each child's understanding of the world. When they feel the warmth, their psychology must be very happy; when they feel the cold, they You can only silently endure everything that should not be endured at this age.

Like all children, Zucchini didn't like it here, rejected it, and resisted it psychologically. He didn't want to talk to anyone, and would be bullied and "provocative" by another boy (Simon). This is a child who was a little annoying at first.

However, Simon, the child, is the one that makes me feel the most.

In the eyes of the child, except for Simon, everyone else is a righteous but weak party. Because of similar encounters, Simon was also sent to the orphanage. The difference is that Simon is the most "aggressive" one. In most people's minds, Simon must be a bad boy, at least not friendly.

The appearance of zucchini fundamentally changed Simon. Some people have bad nature, which makes people hate and hate; but Simon is not. Although Simon has the shadow of those thorns in our childhood, unlike some thorns, in essence, Simon is the most mature in heart. of a child. Although he always bullies other children, this may be driven by his inner loneliness and the desire to be noticed and cared. Since he became friends with Zucchini, Simon has really been changed, and when he learned that Zucchini was When he and Camille were about to be taken home by the kind policeman, Simon firmly persuaded the two of them that they must live in the policeman's house. Even though he was reluctant and sad, Simon knew that home was all children. The biggest wish is to have a family to have happiness. . . . .

The two children of Zucchini and Camille have a police home, which should be the happiest thing for the two of them. From then on, they are the children of the police, and they have a home. In contrast, there are still many children like Simon who still live in the orphanage. I believe they are always looking forward to having a home, a home that belongs to them, someone who cares for them, understands them, and treats them kindly. Family. . . . . .

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  • Emanuel 2022-03-22 09:02:36

    Children are not props used to vent hatred, but objects that need to be loved and cared for. Such a cruel and realistic story mixed with joy and hope is told with clay animation. In the end, the part where the children surrounded the newly born little life and asked the teacher was really tearful. #Guangzhou French Film Festival#

  • Maxine 2022-03-16 09:01:06

    Clay stop-motion animation, short and succinct, tells a sad but gentle growth story. The children in the nursery have their own characteristics and cuteness. In addition to the protagonist Courgette, the seemingly naughty and domineering red-haired Simon is also a particularly distressing child...

My Life as a Zucchini quotes

  • Raymond: Your mum is no longer there, Icare.

    Courgette: My name is Courgette!

    Raymond: Courgette... Did your mum call you that? Hm. My name is Raymond.

    Courgette: Did your mum call you that?

  • Raymond: OK... Where's your father?

    Courgette: Here... And there's my dad's chick. Mum always said he liked chicks very much

    Raymond: Alright...