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If there is no dream, life may be eclipsed.
And for a child who has entered a desperate situation, dreams mean almost everything, that is the courage to grow, that is the dawn in the darkness, that can turn "impossible" into "possible".
10-year-old Mick went blind due to an accident and his life has changed drastically ever since.
He could no longer run and hide and seek with his friends, and the boy fell into great loneliness.
According to local law at the time, blind children could no longer attend regular schools. Mick's family is ordinary, and his parents do not have the financial ability to hire a tutor for him. In desperation and reluctance, his parents could only send him to a blind boarding school far from home.
Mick was never a conformist kid, and he was extremely curious about everything in life. In the past, his father often encouraged him to observe, to explore, to find answers. Mick loved to watch movies since he was a child, almost obsessed, and his parents were very fond of him, so they often took him to the cinema. Mick won't miss a new film.
However, now that he is a blind boy, can he only succumb to bad luck?
Although he is only 10 years old, it seems that there are no longer endless possibilities in his life.
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The principal of a blind school is also a blind man, and he knows all too well what losing the light means in life. Under his leadership, the school is committed to allowing blind children to accept the misfortune of fate early, tamely bow to fate, and then learn to knit, wiring, etc., in short, they must have a skill, in the future, they can find a barely subsistence job.
In schools for blind children, dreams are the last thing they should have. The principal believed that for the blind, dreams meant pain and disaster, and that freedom was the last thing a blind person should ever ask for. The principal's belief is that what matters is not what the children want to do, but what they can do.
Most of the blind children accepted the fate arranged by the principal, but Mick did not. Compared to children who are blind from an early age, Mick knows how gorgeous and wonderful the world is, so he can't allow himself to fall into desolation. More importantly, there was always passion in his heart, although at that age he did not know what was pulling him.
He stumbled and groped, continuing to explore the new world in his mind.
Mick soon had a close friend at school, Felice, who described color to the child who had never seen the light:
Blue, like the feeling of the wind blowing on your face when riding a bicycle;
Brown, like a tree trunk, very rough, right?
Red, like fire, like the sky where the sun goes down...
He was so sharp, so imaginative. Everything in the world was so colorful in his mind, full of infinite charm.
There are also bullying children among blind children, and Mick is not afraid, although he is new. On his first day at the school, he did not hesitate to make his position clear with resistance. Afterwards, he was imprisoned for fighting. When locked in his room, Mick was furious. But inadvertently, he found the tape recorder in the cupboard in a haphazard groping. It was this tape recorder that gave Mick a big turnaround in his life.
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During class, Mick refuses to learn to write and use Braille, he loses his temper and throws away his writing board, and he struggles with his misfortune. Fortunately, his teacher was very empathetic, and he gave Mick great tolerance.
"When you see a flower, don't you want to smell it?"
Don't want to walk on it when it's snowing?
To tell you a secret, I've noticed that when musicians play, they close their eyes so that they can feel more intense music.
You have five senses, why use only one? ”
Teacher Tang's words gave Mick a great inspiration to the troubled person.
Mick meets the maid's daughter, France, at the blind school, and the two children of the same age soon become friends. Ignoring school rules, Mick sneaked out of the school with Frans on a snuck bike to find a theater in a nearby town. Even though he can't see it, he doesn't easily tell himself, "You can't do that either." Guided by Frans's eyes, Mick actually rode his car to town. Although they accidentally fell while going downhill. But for children of this age, who cares about such a small setback?
They watched the latest movie news and planned to find time to watch the movie. In addition, the two children met the parade in the street and became acquainted with The SteelWorks worker Erritt. Elliott is also blind, having attended Mick's blind school for 10 years in the past. Elliott sent the two children near the school and instructed Mick to go to him later when he needed help.
Teachers ask children to describe the seasons through their own perspective. Mick decided to use the expression of sound to complete the assignment. With the help of his friend Felice, he stole the tape from his office. Together, the two children recorded many sounds from nature, such as the sound of water, wind, rain, etc., and they simulated lightning thunder or beeps by tapping different objects or using ventriloquism. In the end, Mick groped for the tape and completed his work "Rain Over The Sky".
Without Mick's perspective, it is difficult to imagine that the world of sound is so vast, so expressive and infectious.
However, Mick was severely reprimanded by the principal in class for this special assignment. Mr. Headmaster could not understand Mick's perspective and ignored Mick's talent. He doesn't like to see any kind of creative behavior.
Frustrated, Mick was so frustrated that he began to have nightmares. During the day, he refuses to eat, let alone attend classes, and Mick locks himself in his dormitory.
Mom came to see him, and Mick asked about his old friends. However, he didn't know if he would like to meet his old friend again.
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Teacher Tang was touched by Mick's homework, and he felt a strong imagination and vitality in this unusual child. He came to the dormitory to find Mick and brought him a tape recorder as a gift. He also encouraged Mick to say that his homework wasn't that bad, just a little weird.
The warmth brought by the teacher gave Mick great comfort.
With the tape recorder, Mick's dark life seems to shine a ray of light, and he begins to explore the world of "sound" and enjoys it.
Mick began an even more remarkable creation, directing a play using sound as a medium, combining fairy tales written by France. The abandoned warehouses in the school became their secret base. The children in the blind school were led by Mick, and they all actively wanted to participate in the performance and creation.
Mick and France also secretly took their friends to the town cinema to see the show, and although the blind children could not see it, they also felt great pleasure through the background music and dialogue of the movie.
Mick brought a new dimension to the blind school, and he naturally became the spiritual leader among the blind children.
However, when Mick's creation and recording of the show was discovered by the principal, the principal was furious.
The headmaster fears Mick's destructive power, and in his opinion, Mick is an unruly child, and he fears that the rules will be broken. Therefore, he wants to expel Mick from school.
However, Teacher Tang's conscience did not allow him to give up such a talented child. He said Mick used a unique way to listen to life and express his heart, and he recklessly expressed his dissent to the principal, and arranged Mick's program for a parent meeting at the school celebration.
At the same time, through France's outing for help, the city's students went on strike, and together with the union representatives of the steel mill, they came to the gate of the blind school to show their support, demanding that Mick be reinstated and that the stodgy principal who deprived the children of their dreams be removed from office.
At the school celebration performance, parents wore eye masks as required, and they enjoyed Mick's wonderful performance through hearing in the unfamiliar darkness.
These blind children, who were bound to death by various rules, suddenly bloomed with brilliance in their lives. They enthusiastically dubbed, performed, and played various roles. With a sincere, emotional voice, they interpreted a vivid story -
The show was an unexpected success.
Mick succeeded, and at that moment he was a naïve, but such a great director.
During the summer vacation, his parents took him home. Mick meets his former friends, and instead of dodging, he joins their game as before. He finally accepted himself!
A few years later, Mick became the most famous sound editor in Italian cinema.
epilogue:
The movie "Hearing Heaven" is based on a true story and has inspired countless moviegoers over the years.
Yes, whether it is a child or as an adult, we may encounter unexpected setbacks in our lives from time to time. But as long as the dream is not shattered, we can still create infinite possibilities. The spark of imagination, creativity and vitality is endless.
So, never give up.
Of course, we can't easily deny any child, and perhaps we will take away the light from their lives.
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