Hidden into the dust: the world is impermanent, only love is eternal



" is hidden in the dust ": the world is impermanent, only love is eternal

as the best film (nominated) at the 72nd Berlin Film Festival, the film "Hidden Like Dust" is a film about the theme of the northwest countryside. It is a story of two people who were abandoned by their original families, warm and support each other.


The male protagonist Ma Youtie is the fourth eldest in the family. He was squeezed by the third brother Ma Youtong. He was so poor that he only had a donkey. Cao Guiying, the heroine of


, is regarded as a burden by her brother and sister-in-law. She lives in a windy and rainy wooden shed.


They were arranged by fate to come together, but with the only love left in their hearts, they briefly illuminated a bleak time for each other.



1. Love met for the first time

"The first time we met, you stared at me the other day, and my shy eyes were nowhere to be seen."


This is what Ma Youtie said to Gui Ying later, he Said that he was shy when he first met Guiying.


He didn't look down on this infertile, half-crippled woman, on the contrary, she was the only person left in the village who treated Guiying as a woman.


On their first night together, Gui Ying became incontinent on the kang, Ma Youtie didn't say anything after seeing it, just went out to feed donkey to avoid it, and fell asleep silently after returning.


's silence is not because of disgust, but to give Guiying the private processing space she should have, which is another kind of respect.


I think Gui Ying must have thought in his heart that he was a good person, because he didn't dislike beating or scolding her like others.

This also made Gui Ying's heart warm.


The next day, Ma Youtie took Guiying to burn paper money for his parents, and formally told them that he was married.


Ma Youtie gave Gui Ying a name and a place to return, so in the second half of the film, Gui Ying said, "She never thought she could have a home of her own in her life." Horses have iron for him, where they go when they are born, and where they return when they die.


is this respect that warms Guiying's heart. Therefore, when Zhang Yongfu's son asked him to donate blood later, Guiying put forward a clear objection not to donate blood.


Because she started to care about this man slowly and didn't want him to be hurt.


When Ma Youtie's third brother asked Ma Youtie to go to the city to pull the furniture for his nephew's wedding, Ma Youtie steamed the noodles and cooked the vegetables early in the morning, to ensure that Guiying would not be hungry all day before going out. Pull furniture. Under such concern, Gui Ying said for the first time what he was worried about: "The road is dark, you slow down."


This is probably the first time that Gui Ying has been pampered in the palm of his hand, steamed buns, The fried hot dishes are Ma Youtie's intentions for Gui Ying. Gui Ying truly felt this simple but warm concern from the bottom of his heart for the first time.


But Ma Youtie cares about Guiying more than that. Just like all husbands in the world dote on their wives, Ma Youtie also dotes on Guiying. When

was pulling the furniture, Ma Youtie wanted to buy her a coat so that she could cover Gui Ying's back so that no one could see her incontinence. But Ma Youtie had no money. In the end, Zhang Yongfu's son bought it and gave it to him. Because of this coat, Ma Youtie was forced to donate blood several times.


In the end, when Ma Youtie came back slowly in the dark, in the icy night, he saw Guiying waiting anxiously. When he saw Ma Youtie, he immediately brought him hot water in his arms. . Although the hot water was hot and cold and cold several times during this period, she tirelessly changed the water back and forth in the icy cold night.


The village side where twilight falls is too cold, but it can't freeze my hot heart. In the distance of the cold night, there is a light that I lit for you, and deep in the smoke is me calling you back. Two people who are strangled by the suffering of fate, learn to warm each other.warm.




















二、爱在风雨同舟

“西北大地种不出玫瑰,我只能用小麦印花表达我汹涌的爱意。”


一次马有铁又被逼着去献血,贵英心疼得不行,跟大夫说: "Pump my blood, I can't do it any more, let him slow down a little." A person who really cares for him is willing to do anything for him. At this time, Gui Ying has fallen in love with this man from the bottom of his heart and wants to replace him. He bears the pain.


But how can there be only this one suffering.


Ma Youtie and Guiying were kicked out after they got married, so Ma Youtie decided to build a house of their own. One night there was a sudden thunderstorm, Ma Youtie thought that it was going to rain soon, and the adobe could not be used after it got wet, so he ran to rescue the adobe. Guiying also went with them. The rain poured and the wind howled. The two of them had nothing, so they rescued the adobe while the rain was pouring.


Ma Youtie put on a white plastic sheet for Guiying several times in distress, and the white plastic sheet was blown away by the strong wind several times. Eventually the two fell to the ground, looking at each other, crying and laughing.


They cry because they feel bad for adobe, but they laugh not only because of each other's funny appearance in the rain, but because of each other's company, no matter how difficult things become so optimistic.


The sky is raining heavily, and the body is muddy, but it can't break away the two tightly hugged hearts, nor can it pollute the two loving hearts. The two are in the same boat through thick and thin, fighting against the suffering of fate. At this moment, the two souls abandoned by fate are tightly dependent on each other.


In the end, the two of them successfully rescued the adobe. When the sun was rising, Guiying weaved a grass donkey with grass and gave it to Ma Youtie. The only thing that has iron to finish this life.


when Ma Youtie died, he didn't take anything away, he only held the grass donkey woven by Guiying, which was the only thing Guiying left him. Although


is made of grass, it is not worth a lot of money, but it is extremely valuable in Ma Youtie's heart, because it is the only thing Guiying gave him. Friendship is heavy, seeing things and thinking of old people, maybe Ma Youtie only wants Guiying to accompany him when he walks the last part of his life.



















三、爱在生死相随

夏日,马有铁带着贵英在天台上睡觉,怕贵英摔下去,特地拿个绳子拴住了贵英。 Ma Youtie's thoughtfulness towards Guiying has aroused the jealousy of the women in the village.


The women in the whole village are jealous of a disabled woman, which shows that love never treats people differently.


Then he used wheat to print a wheat flower on Gui Ying's hand and said, "This way you can't run away anywhere." Because of Ma Youtie's monopoly on Guiying, at this time, they have already recognized each other for life.


So Ma Youtie guards Guiying wholeheartedly.


gave Guiying the first and only egg laid at home when she was sick with a fever.

egg substituteIt shows the care and warmth that Gui Ying has never experienced. This is not just an egg, but it means that Gui Ying really has a person who knows her warmth and warmth. Maybe Gui Ying never imagined that she would have such a day. .


, but hemp ropes are cut at the finer points, and bad luck finds the poor. On the way to find Ma Youtie, Guiying fainted and fell into a ditch because of a fever, while everyone in the village was watching, and no one rescued her.


Ma Youtie took Guiying out of the water like crazy, and kept calling her name, trying to wake him up, but it was useless, Guiying could never wake up again.


And Ma Youtie's heart also died with Guiying's death and burned to ashes.


Ma Youtie paid all his debts after Guiying's death, drank pesticides, and died with the grass donkey that Guiying made up for him in his hand.


This is not a talented and beautiful couple, and the story of the two is not so touching, but it deeply grabbed the hearts of the viewers. There is not a single word of love in the whole movie, but there is surging love everywhere. The love between them is so simple and unpretentious, never expressing it deliberately, but hiding the love in every little action.


There is always such a person in your life, illuminating you like a rainbow, and giving you hope. Even though life is miserable, it is worthwhile to come to the world with mutual support.

























在这个电影里我看不到跌宕起伏的爱情,只有细微之处的真挚动人。


The true love is so precious, even in the face of no matter how hard it is, it is still able to never give up.


I hope that we can all meet the person who will endure hardship with us, hold the hand of the child, and grow old with the child.