Can you imagine that giving birth to a girl is a debt, or even being brutally murdered?
Can you imagine five brothers marrying a wife together?
Can you imagine a country without women?
What the shadow sister recommends to you today is a movie that satirizes the idea of son preference in India.
It also allows us to recognize the tragic experience of Indian women.
"A Country Without Women"
Having a child is an extremely grand and happy thing for many families.
Here, a father is anxiously awaiting the birth of his child.
A child's cry filled the father's face with a smile.
But when the midwife tells the man that it is still a baby girl.
The smile on his face instantly lost.
Having a daughter is a matter of bad luck for the people here.
They recognize only their sons, not their daughters,
Eventually, the baby girl was drowned by her own biological father in a milk tank.
With this in mind, there are fewer and fewer girls here, and it gradually becomes a "country without women".
Because there are no women, the "women" in the village who dance on the stage are all played by men.
Because there were no women, when the village men watched a small movie together, if anyone really couldn't help it, they had to go out to the cowshed to find cattle.
Because there are no women, a lot of people here are wearing bare sticks.
The 5 sons of the landlord Ram's family are all bare sticks.
Ram has been asking the pastor for 10 years to find a daughter-in-law for his son, but the priest has not found a woman.
Although recently a person in the village married a "girl" and hosted the only wedding banquet in the village in 15 years.
But the bride was dressed as a man...
In an accident, the priest meets the girl: Carlgie
At the time of birth, her father secretly raised him.
The priest went to Caldhi's father and told him that Ram was going to marry his daughter, and you could ask for whatever price you wanted.
After the two men haggled,
Calji was sold by her father to 5 sons of the Ram family for 500,000 rupees plus 5 cows.
Right, no wrong, Caldher needs to marry 5 sons.
This father did not feel the slightest pain for his daughter, nor did he consider his daughter's opinion at all.
For the sake of money, he completely lost the bottom line and was not qualified to be called: "Father"
Looking at the daughter-in-law who has exhausted all the family property to marry,
The Ram family decided to maximize their "use value".
From Monday to Friday, the 5 brothers take turns to schedule,
Two weekends were reserved for Father Ram.
Calki began a miserable life.
But that's not the worst of it.
In addition to serving 6 men, all the chores in the family are also owned by Calji.
The youngest son, because he likes Caldhi and has a good heart,
He often helped Carlgie, and the two got close.
Seeing that the two were so close, Ram and the other 4 sons were under the influence of jealousy.
After knocking his young son unconscious, he threw him into the river and drowned.
The murder of her sweetheart made Calji extremely sad,
Because she knew that after that, no one would hurt her and help her.
In order to escape, she wrote to her father, hoping that he would rescue her.
But he didn't want his father to come directly to Ram's house after learning what had happened to her.
He wasn't trying to save his daughter, he was asking for money.
Because it was said at that time that it was 500,000 rupees plus 5 cows to marry 5 sons, now Ram is also related to Karji.
So you have to add money.
Looking at her father, who has lost his humanity in the face of money, Calji is desperate,
She knelt down and begged the servants to take her out of here,
But as soon as the two escaped, they were caught,
The servants were beaten to death, and Karji was taken back, locked like cattle and sheep, chained and locked in a cowshed.
The family of the dead servant came to Ram's house to demand compensation.
In the darkness of the night, they saw Calji locked in the cowshed, a duo who had almost never seen a woman, and suddenly had evil thoughts...
What will happen to Calge after that, how will she escape from this hellish life?
Especially when she becomes pregnant, who is the child?
Shadow Sister does not make too many spoilers.
This is "The Country Without Women", when watching this film, the shadow sister once wanted to break the screen to beat people.
What happened to Calge is really heart-wrenching.
As a woman, I am thankful and thankful not to live in that harsh environment, because I can't imagine what kind of hell it is.
The film sister also admires the boldness of the Indian director,
He used the most exaggerated methods to satirize the Indian idea of son preference.
Since ancient times in India, because the daughter got married, it needed a large dowry.
But having a son not only does not have this expenditure, but also has an opportunity to make a fortune and can retire.
So in India, girls are born as a kind of debt, with almost no status.
This discrimination is almost reflected in all walks of life in India.
For example, after marriage, men can not work, but women must earn money to support the family and have children.
This also leads to some men often domestic violence against their wives, and even to do more evil things in a frenzy.
According to a 2012 UNICEF survey,
Among 15-19 year olds in India, 57% of male adolescents believe that wife beatings is normal, and 53% of Indian adolescent girls agree with this view.
A previous documentary, "Daughter of India", which was banned by the Indian government, revealed the views of most people in India on women.
"A slap doesn't make a sound, and a good girl doesn't hang out. Women are more responsible than men for being violated. Girls should not do things they should not do and wear clothes that they should not do. ”
In their eyes, they actually feel that women are actually more responsible than men when they are violated.
Actually think that women should be degraded, objectified, and become men's playthings and appendages,
Isn't that ridiculous? But that's the disgusting reality.
What exactly causes such cruelty, Ying Jie believes that culture and thought are the biggest source.
If we do not recognize the problems that exist in ourselves, change our minds, and even the equality of men and women cannot be done, this is not the sadness of this country.
Any problem that is suppressed will not be silent, and countless people are rebelling in their own way, so there are a series of excellent films such as "Daughter of India", "Wrestling Daddy", "Country Without Women" and so on.
Shadow Sister believes that with these people firmly moving forward and bravely shouting, they will definitely be able to exchange for change.