In recent years, there have been more and more film and television dramas about reality. Whether it is the recent domestically hit "Youth" or last year's hit movie "I am not a medicine god", it has caused a lot of response. There are also many foreign themes of this type, such as "The Suspicious Cloud" in the United States, "The Melting Pot" in South Korea, and "Nobody Knows" in Japan, presenting large and small social issues to the audience.
Today, I would like to introduce you a Polish movie that also draws on real events: "Life Is So Beautiful". The
story takes place in Poland, and the patient's name is Matt. From a very young age, he was told by the doctor that he would never be like a normal child. Can not speak, can not walk, all things need family care and help.
The parents refused to give up hope. As long as they heard that there was a doctor who was good at treating cerebral palsy, they would take Matt over, hoping to win some opportunities. But every time the result is very regrettable. After
found that the medicine was useless, the parents went to the doctor in a hurry and called the exorcist to the house, dreaming of curing the child. But Matt's illness is so serious that the exorcist can't bear to deceive.
In this way, Matt's body was completely imprisoned by the illness. Day after day, year after year, growing up in such a bad state. The only good news is that his thoughts are very free. Did not become a fool who knew nothing. Although the body cannot act on its own, Matt can observe the world through his eyes and talk to the world in his mind. Optimistic, he thought: Actually this is also very good...
"Life Is So Beautiful" is an unpopular Polish movie. The actor is not well-known, and the director's name has not been heard much. However, he still won many awards such as the most popular film at the Montreal World Film Festival and the American Awards with his warm and healing story, and his score on Douban is as high as 8.5. Unfortunately, fewer than 5,000 people have seen such a good Douban.
actor David Ognik’s acting skills are amazing: his fingers curled up and his facial features are twisted into a painful piece, and his limbs don’t listen. If no one helps and you want to go somewhere, you can only rely on your body to crawl on the ground.
These states are not difficult to play. The hard part is: David Ognik has to maintain this state forever, and there can be no differences in the details. This tests the patience and acting skills of actors. Many viewers think that Matt in the movie is played by a real cerebral palsy patient, which proves how wonderful David Ogney’s acting is.
This is a very depressing subject. It is almost cruel, thoroughly exposing the difficult life of patients with cerebral palsy, and showing the world's views and attitudes towards them: not understanding, not agreeing, not helping. Completely isolate them from the normal group, knowing that they did not make any mistakes, but chose to abandon them.
relatives are the only light in the movie. No matter how others laugh at Matt, relatives stay with him. Take the trouble to teach him to walk, and gently hold his hand when he is about to fall. Treat Matt as a normal person, watch the stars with him, and communicate interesting things that happen in life. Use the emotional companionship between relatives to dilute the pain and helplessness of cerebral palsy patients.
As a cerebral palsy patient, it is not enough for Matt himself to be full of hope in life. Because he is destined to need the help of others and the welfare of society. If there is a situation where his relatives do not have time to accompany him, he can only go to the hospital to live. The special hospital in the movie
makes people feel sad. Where, there is no understanding or goodwill. He is clearly an angel in white clothes, but rarely treats hospitals equally. Very bold and very realistic, presenting the malice of the world before the audience.
In addition to these story lines that map life, "Life Is So Beautiful" has many warm places. For example, Matt has been trying to change himself and prove to the world "I can". For another example, he met his beautiful first love and had the happiest memory in his life.
Disease imprisoned his body, but it could not imprison his yearning for the world and life. Matt has never given up on his bravery in the past 30 years, which moved the audience and gained the courage to live bravely. Compared with those old-fashioned movies that only know how to groan without any real meaning, such stories are truly worth watching.
