A six-year-old child, just imagine what kind of state it should be, the little sister is still naughty when she is six years old, crying and making a doll.
But there is such a child who knows to share, integrate and stop crying when he is six years old.
She experienced that summer and grew up that summer, all because she was no longer a child with a mother—
"The Summer of September 3rd"
summer1993
Every director's debut is the most authentic state in their hearts, of course, this Douban score of 7.9 is no exception.
Spanish director Carla Simon Pippo based on his own childhood experiences to complete the film that belonged to his most authentic thoughts when he was six years old.
In the summer of '93, the sadness of the little girl Frida came to her face.
Growing up in a single-parent family, she recently lost her mother due to an illness.
Imagine that one night when we were six years old, looking at the crowds on the street and watching the fireworks blooming in the distance, we should have rejoiced.
But all this was too bland on Frida's face. She didn't understand the meaning of death, and she didn't know what she was going to go through next.
Her mother died of a viral infection, and her grandparents were unable to take care of her and had to go to the countryside with her uncle.
The lush woods, the song of insects and birds, and the flocks of chickens and ducks are all new and interesting to girls born in the city.
She climbed trees to pick fruit and swim in the river, but in fact, on summer nights, in the countryside, in the bushes, the girl felt lonely, lonely, and missed her mother even more.
The family of three, who originally lived comfortably, was not estranged by Frida's arrival, on the contrary, her aunt and uncle were very kind to Frida, and her sister Anna especially liked her and willingly became a heel.
But Frida disagreed, and she found that all this was not as warm as expected. Because of the early family changes, 6-year-old Frida has a sensitivity and vulnerability that does not match her age.
The film's section of Frida's makeup is the most touching, and she carefully applies lipstick to her face.
We all know that the child's imitation ability and memory are very strong, and it is estimated that this action is also the only memory left by the mother to her.
She carefully imitated her mother, trying to leave it all behind, but she also knew that all this would not come back.
She can't really integrate into the new family, "she's like a scarred patient, unwilling to be treated or heal herself."
Especially when dealing with her sister Anna, Frida wouldn't let her touch her doll "because it was a gift from my family, and they only loved me".
When her aunt brushed Frida's hair, she threw away her comb.
However, both the uncle and the aunt thought that this was just the girl's little temper, and they chose to ignore and forgive, because they knew that this was a "scaly" child, and they could only wait for her to slowly heal.
The more her sister Anna doesn't compete with herself, the more Frida feels that she is not being "formally treated" in this family.
In Frida's mind, Anna always had a feeling of showing off to herself, giving charity to herself.
She always felt that Anna was clinging to herself to see when she would leave, that she was defending her "territory", and that Frida's 6-year-old mind was full of guard and defense.
Prayer under the idols has been the main thread that drives the film, and in Frida's perception, she does not know what sin is.
But she kept praying for her mother, because she knew that this was the only way she could connect with her mother and feel her love.
As a result, the more Frida was jealous of Anna's "motherly love", the more her "jokes" became bigger and bigger. One day, she and Anna were playing hide-and-seek in the forest, tricking her sister into saying that Jean would wait for her to return.
It was getting darker, Anna couldn't find her way home, and her uncle and aunt were in a hurry, but when she didn't see her, Frida began to worry again.
She knew she had made a mistake, but she was embarrassed to admit it.
Until she saw Anna break her arm and return home.
Although her aunt didn't say anything to her face, Frida heard everything at night.
After this incident, Frida's heart was full of uneasiness, and she did not understand whether what her aunt said was full of good intentions or malice.
She had to find a way to make up for it, thinking of slowly blending in.
She first took flowers to please her aunt, and then mingled with Anna, when she really integrated into the family for the first time.
It was she who slept in the same bed with her aunt and uncle Anna, and it was the first time she had come to her new home to let down her guard and feel the warmth.
Although she was very naughty, when she heard her uncle say that her aunt was uncomfortable, she chose to come to see her aunt.
Especially when she leaned down to measure her aunt's breathing with her hand, at this moment, her heart had already approved of her aunt.
She didn't want to see another loved one die, and while she might not understand the meaning of death at all, she didn't want to choose to merge into another family.
And all this was broken by one of her uncle's reprimands, when she was playing by the lake, she shook her sister, who couldn't swim, into the water, and this time, Anna almost drowned because of this joke.
This time, he finally angered his uncle, who had always been very gentle: "You almost killed her!" Are you trying to kill her? ”
The accident quieted Frida, in fact, she is not a bad child, she just wants to find a place of her own in this new home in her own way.
Even though her uncle's family was very kind to her, she knew in her heart that it wasn't her parents.
She envies her sister Anna for having a complete family, so she wants to snatch back her "love" and "belonging".
Finally, late one night, Frida orchestrated an operation away from home.
Before leaving, in the living room, she accidentally bumped into her sister.
"Why are you going home?"
"Because no one here loves me"
"I love you"
Frida was stunned, pulled out her doll, and said to her sister, "This one is for you." ”
Later, Frida gave up the idea of leaving her uncle's house and returned home halfway through.
Just happened to meet the "parents" who had been looking for her, she said calmly:
"It's too late today, I'll leave tomorrow morning."
She once again recognized the family, she knew that no matter what her uncles and aunts and three did, they loved themselves, and she had been on guard.
It wasn't until she asked her aunt why her mother had died; until she put on that blue dress and cried loudly, that the audience finally saw that she had finally let go of all the mustard.
This cry represents that Frida has to start growing, and it also proves that she realizes the true meaning of death.
At the same time, it also symbolizes that the little girl finally chose to accept the love of this new family, give up the idea of returning to the past, and start a new life.
In fact, this is a film that deserves deep consideration.
The vivid display of death, illness, prejudice, and foster care in children is simply how to integrate into a new family, and deeply speaking, how to leave no trauma in their own psychology and how to heal themselves.
From the very beginning Frida was holding the doll, at this point she thought only to herself that she was now an adult trying to escape from it all. The more nervous she became, the more restrained she held the doll in her hand tighter.
She likened the doll to herself, and she wanted someone to protect her, but no.
In her heart, it can be said that "grandparents abandoned themselves" and "uncles and aunts are too strange" to be like "running naked" in the world of love.
Can't believe it, can't forgive.
When she saw that her aunt was uncomfortable, she began to realize that she had always been the one who was cared for and pampered.
He wants to think about change, to change. Until she was cured by Anna, all the deaths, diseases, prejudices, and foster care disappeared in Anna's "I love you" and gave Frida the courage to face the death of her mother.
Looking at the whole film, the deepest feeling is that there is the delicacy of European films, but also the touch of Asian films, showing the pain of the death of children and relatives, and the sense of loss under the fence, so that people laugh and laugh and cry in an instant.
The summer of '93 may have long since lost our memories, but there is such a film that can be so warm and healing, and may every innocent child be treated tenderly by the world.