In fact, I later learned about this movie because of the famous theme song of "Church", "Gabir's Oboe". At that time, whether it was the cello version of Yoyo Ma or the trumpet version of "Gabir's Oboe" by Chris Bertie. Love it very much. Of course, I still simply liked the song, and I didn’t find out anything about it. After watching the movie, the surprise gradually turned into understanding. The beauty of the song is as magnificent and firm as this movie, and it is magnificent and magnificent along with the animate Amazon jungle. The Iguazu Falls is where countless missionaries and South American Indians insisted on their faith and guarded their homeland.
In the middle of the 18th century, the Spanish missionary Gabriel crossed the Iguazu Falls and ventured into the Amazon jungle to preach the gospel for the Guarani and gradually influence them. Mendoza was a slave merchant who sold the Guarani. After learning that his fiancée loves his younger brother more, he stabs him to death due to a duel. Mendoza is extremely painful, and he does not eat or drink and prepares to commit suicide. But the church can’t watch this happen and let Gabeel lead him. Sa returned to the jungle, hoping that Mendoza would confess and convert. In this way, Mendoza who returned to the jungle with Gabir became a priest, became friends with the Guarani, and helped the Guarani learn music with the mission , To establish a church, so that Guaraní can avoid being trafficked into slaves. However, in the second half of the 18th century, Spain and Portugal reached an agreement on the delimitation of the South American colonies. The Guarani settlements where the Gabbir Jesuit Mission was located were divided among the more Catholic Portuguese. The Guaranis here were Forced to leave their settlements and churches, the Guaranis, resented and hopeless, finally chose to defend and fight. Similarly, Gabriel and Mendoza also chose to stay in this place where they poured their faith, hope and love.
The background of this movie can be said to be very grand and complicated, ranging from various conflicts of interest between church denominations, state power, and colonialism: in order to preserve the slave trade for profit, Spain gave up the settlements of these Guaranis. To the Portugal, which is more tolerant of this trade, instead of protecting and dividing territories based on sects. Small personal salvation and self-salvation: Just like Sisyphus, Mendoza, in order to redeem his sins and punish himself, went back to the jungle with the mission, dragging a heavy bag of iron. The tree and stone got stuck, and he often pulled him down the mountain, but he kept dragging it (a metaphor of sin) until the mountain. Finally, a Guarani man took a knife and cut the rope of the burden. The burden fell into the river. Everyone He burst into laughter, and Mendoza realized self-salvation. In the days that followed, Mendoza was baptized as a pastor and established a church in the local area with Gabil, helping the Guaraní people who were actually "jungle animals" in the eyes of the colonial ruling class. Redemption is mutual. Of course, the belief, hope and love after redemption are also mutual. Perhaps this is why the mission finally chose to resist with the Guarani.
What impressed me most was the second half. Before the resistance, Mendoza asked Gabriel to bless him. Gabriel said:
"I can't bless you, if you are right, God will bless you.
If the power is right, there is no place for me to love in other places. "
As individuals who are as small as dust, in most cases, we may be assuming right and wrong. In a few cases, when we firmly believe that what is right and what is wrong, the ending may not be like being blessed. Then I think there is no need to be disappointed, because we have finally found a place for love. This love is born out of the noble purpose at the beginning, the most sincere belief and hope, and it is worth it.
Finally, I want to ask everyone, where do you put love?
There are very few dialogues in this film. The characteristics of the two protagonists are simple and clear. They are almost the beautiful scenery and soundtrack to highlight the atmosphere of the whole film. In addition to watching the movie, I also know the Guarani people, the brave Guarani people in South America. China can be said to be very powerful and powerful. Although the weapons of war are only bows and arrows, the guns and shells of the colonists still fight unyieldingly. They survived with heavy casualties and finally established Uruguay. Today, most of Uruguay are also Guaranis. . However, the image of Guarani in this film is slightly weak and naive, with a primitive childlike innocence (this image is still common in Western film and television works). In contrast, Robert De Niro Really burly and handsome.
But the theme song is really nice. Last year, Chris Bertie held a concert at the Beijing Century Theatre, and finally heard the song live. Fortunately, the listening experience has not changed. Right and wrong, the pros and cons, gains and losses, knowing that what I believe is still there, and hope is still there.
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