When we were young, we liked to watch fairy tales because the world of children was always simple and beautiful, and we always hoped that no matter what darkness we had experienced in this world, there would be a happy ending in the end.
Like the movie I want to recommend to you today.
Heidi and Grandpa is a story set in the Swiss Alps.
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The little girl, Heidi, is an orphan whose parents have died, and lives with her aunt. Grandpa, on the other hand, was an old man who was isolated by the villagers and lived alone in a log cabin on the mountain.
Until one day, her aunt dressed up Heidi and led her to this small town under the Alps, pulling her up the hill step by step.
It was the first time Heidi had seen such a wide sky, soaring eagles, and herds of cattle and sheep. Heidi loved the grassy hillside so much that she even took off her skirt and shoes to chase butterflies barefoot and roll on the grass.
In fact, the aunt wanted to get rid of Heidi's burden, so she took her to find Grandpa. So after seeing Grandpa, the aunt didn't even enter the house, only a few words of reason why she couldn't continue to raise Heidi, and then turned around and fled.
Heidi
Grandpa, who had been isolated by the villagers for many years, had long been accustomed to living alone—he only had a chair. Ben thought of sending Heidi back in a few days, but after a few days of getting along, Grandpa's heart was softened by Heidi a little.
Not only did he ask Peter, the shepherd boy, to take Heidi with him every day to herd the sheep and prepare her hearty food, but he also made a new chair for Heidi and carved an eagle she liked out of wood. Even more so, when the snow closed the mountain in winter, because Heidi wanted to play with Peter, he made a sleigh to take her down the mountain, and then carried Heidi back to the mountain step by step at night.
Although Grandpa is not good at expressing himself, everything he does shows that he really loves Heidi and sincerely hopes that Heidi is happy every day.
But Heidi and Grandpa's happy life didn't last long—her aunt came again.
Grandpa carried Heidi home
The aunt told Grandpa that she had found a large family for Heidi to live in. There, Heidi can also go to school with the others' daughters.
Grandpa did not agree and drove away his aunt.
The aunt was not reconciled, so she went to the mountain to find Heidi. She tells Heidi that Grandpa wants Heidi to follow her to Frankfurt, and tricks Heidi into coming back whenever she wants to come back to Grandpa.
In this way, Heidi followed her aunt to Clara's house in Frankfurt.
The aunt wanted to sell Heidi
Clara is a girl in a wheelchair. Since her mother's death, she has been seriously ill and has never been able to stand up again. She had never left the house over the years.
Clara's father, on the other hand, is unable to face his daughter because of guilt and spends most of his time traveling. So much so that in the whole house, except for Clara, all the servants who walk through it are servants. Moreover, Clara's words and deeds must also meet the strict requirements of tutors.
The house was like a gray castle to Clara.
The rules are strict in the castle
Therefore, Heidi's arrival has excited Clara's whole person. The first time she had seen such an interesting little girl, Heidi had no rules for walking, sitting and sleeping, and had never been to school, not even knowing the letters. But she would tell Clara the story of Grandpa and Peter, a world that Clara could not have imagined.
Clara really cherished Heidi's presence. In order to fulfill Heidi's desire to see the mountains, she agreed to Heidi's offer to sneak away from home during her nap time, and directed Heidi to find the tallest tower in the city. It was an adventure like never before, but clara was willing for Heidi's sake.
Clara and Heidi sneak out the door
But this emotion also put Heidi in a difficult situation. She likes Clara, but she also misses her grandfather, misses the days of shepherding sheep with Peter, and even secretly leaves a lot of soft bread for Peter's grandmother, wanting to bring it back to her to eat.
She wanted to go home. The governess told her that she would never leave because her aunt had sold her to Clara's father. If you want to leave, you have to get clara's father's permission.
Clara, on the other hand, is completely unable to accept Heidi's idea of leaving, and she is devastated and asks Heidi if she is doing something wrong. Why did she leave?
It wasn't until the end, when Heidi fell into depression and suffered from sleepwalking, that Clara's father had to send Heidi home on the advice of a doctor.
Before leaving, Heidi invited Clara to her house
Heidi who returned to her grandfather was like a bird returning to the embrace of nature, finally seeing a smile again.
In order to let Heidi continue to go to school, Grandpa decided to take Heidi to the village in the winter and move back to the cabin when spring came. Even if he lived in the village, people would point fingers at Grandpa and even spread rumors that he was a murderer.
Although the world in the village is always covered with a gloomy atmosphere, as long as she is by Grandpa's side, Heidi is happy and happy.
Heidi returned to Grandpa
Clara, on the other hand, left Heidi, not very well. She was sicker and couldn't even get out of bed.
For the first time, the gentle grandmother insisted on sending her granddaughter to Heidi and Grandpa's cabin despite her son's objections.
The grandmother sincerely asked Grandpa to take good care of Clara, and also gave Heidi a book, encouraging her not to care about the ridicule of others and to write her favorite story bravely.
Compared to Clara's arrogant father and pretentious governess, Clara's grandmother is a truly kind, loving, and cultured person.
Clara's arrival made Heidi very happy. She excitedly introduces Clara to her grandfather and good friend Peter, drags her to roll on the hay with her, teaches Clara the "unruly" way to eat, and fights with Clara on the pillow when she wakes up in the morning...
Early get up for a pillow fight
But all this made Peter very unhappy. He felt that his good friend had been taken away, that no one had gone with him to the mountains to herd sheep, that no one had shared the food with him, that he was alone again. So, an unhappy Peter did a "bad thing" - he threw Clara's wheelchair under the cliff.
Grandpa saw through everything, but instead of telling the truth, he carried Clara to Peter's shepherd's place. He warns Peter that he knows everything and asks Peter to take care of Clara.
Clara, on the other hand, was so immersed in the beauty of the mountains that she had forgotten that she could not stand, and suddenly stood up because she wanted to catch a butterfly.
"Bad boy" Peter threw away Clara's wheelchair out of jealousy, but instead helped Clara stand up.
Clara stood up
At the end of the movie, everyone gets a happy ending.
The film is like a modern version of a Nordic fairy tale. The lonely little girl was repeatedly betrayed and abandoned by her aunt, but in the end she lived happily with her grandfather who loved her. Although he experienced some hardships in the middle, he also made a good friend who cherished each other, and finally not only helped his good friend get back on his feet, but also learned to read and write because of the help of his friends, and found his own ideal of life - writing stories.
Finally, I would like to say that the picture of this movie is also very beautiful. The Alps are really beautiful, really like the world in a fairy tale. After watching this movie, I realized that the original nature without the erosion of modern industry is so pure and beautiful.