Sometimes we forget that there are groups like orphans around us, seeing the wealth of other people's families, seeing the happiness of other people's families, seeing the harmony of other people's families, and secretly comparing, and then feeling resentful for our own family, but not seeing the lives of these children
Zucchini grew up in a single-parent home, where her mother sat in front of the TV drinking heavily, and there were beer cans all over the house.
Zucchini, who grew up in such an environment, has its own little world. He would paint on the walls of the attic; he would tie kite string to the legs of a chair and let the kite fly outside the balcony; He is a kid who is good at entertaining himself.
But one day, he got into trouble and the beer tower topped over and fell from the attic to the bottom of the house, all over the floor. When his mother was about to step into the attic and was about to beat him, Zucchini rolled down the stairs because she was afraid that the attic door would be slammed shut. The thunderstorm was mixed with lightning, and my mother died.
This was a turning point in the life of zucchini.
He was sent to an orphanage. The children in the orphanage are not very "ordinary", they all have their own stories.
Simon is a rebellious boy who loves to play tricks on others, but he is actually very sensible. He was sent to an orphanage because his parents were drugged; Biya's African mother was sent out of the country when she was in school; the fat boy Zaozi's mother had severe coercion. The skinny boy Ahmed's father was caught for robbery because he wanted to buy a pair of NIKE shoes for Ahmed; the autistic little girl Alice was molested by her father.
The first days were going to be a little rough, but Amelia came.
Emily was the first to dare to challenge Simon. She would stroke the hair on half of Alice's face, even if there were scars there, and was the first person to enter Alice's heart. Zucchini fell in love with her at first sight. Emily's arrival changes the atmosphere among the children.
Children go skiing together. On that trip, Zucchini secretly kisses Amelie on the bus.
Amelie's aunt wanted to take her back, but only for the money left by Amelie's parents. Emily was taken back, but with the help of the witty Simon, she recorded evidence that her aunt threatened her, and finally won the judge's trust and returned to the orphanage.
The police uncle ends up adopting Emily and Zucchini.
The film is very short, but it tells me the life experience of the orphans, the precious friendship between them, and the warmth of the big family in the orphanage. In this short 1 hour, I cried many times.
How many children living in the dark like this should be around, are they okay? Did you grow up healthy? Will there be love for society? I think we all pay too little attention to them, I don't know where there are orphanages, what is their life like, what is their character, where are they going? I don't know all about it.
Those orphans are in the crowd, you don't recognize them. They carry their own stories and go through the same years as ours. Why is there a difference between people, because you can never imagine the person sitting across from you, what kind of life he went through.
So before you get to know that person, learn to respect. But it seems that as we get older, we seem to be more and more prone to self-righteous categorization of people. As everyone knows, everyone's experience cannot be replicated, and everyone is a different book. Even that person, looks as clean as a blank sheet of paper.
At the end of the film, the children surround the little sister's newborn and keep asking:
Will he live with us here?
Will not.
Unless you don't want him anymore.
Of course I won't.
Even if he is ugly?
Even if he smells bad?
Even if he cried non-stop?
Even if he wets the bed? Or bad grades?
Even if he is stupid? Or appetite like a pig?
Feet smelly even if he can't remember his name?
Even if he was unbearable and kept yelling?
Even if he farts?
Even if he scribbles on the wall?
Or want to be a police officer?
Even...even if he has a giraffe neck?
Even if he is a waste?
Not everyone is eligible to be a parent, and I don't like the phrase "the birth of a child was an accident".
Since we have brought them back from heaven, we must be responsible for them.
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