Two days ago, there was a sudden 11-level wind in my small town, and it seemed that I had never had such a big wind since I could remember, although it was only a short period of more than 20 minutes, but the power of this wind was really infinite. Guardrails on the side of the street were blown down, trees on the side of the road were uprooted, outdoor billboards for the May Day promotion prepared by merchants were broken into "Transformers" by the wind, and high-voltage power poles were blown down, causing half the city to stop electricity for two days. Just stopped this short two days of electricity, residents are feeling too inconvenient, our community group is always someone in the group asking what when the call ah...
We live in such a society closely related to electricity, all daily life seems to be inseparable from electricity, mobile phones, computers, networks, electric lights, washing machines, refrigerators, rice cookers, as well as travel cars, airplanes, high-speed rail, etc., every moment is inseparable from electricity. Electricity facilitates our lives on the one hand, and controls our lives on the other hand, and high-tech electronic products have become increasingly alienating people from each other, including our families.
Have you ever wondered how we would face a sudden and complete power outage in our lives one day? "Survival Family" is such a low-budget healing Japanese film set in the background of power outages. Due to sunspot flares or other unknown reasons, the world has lost power for 2 years and 126 days, and even all the equipment related to electromagnetic induction has failed. The film tells the story of an ordinary family of four who flee from Tokyo to Kagoshima in 108 days after the power outage in order to survive. Although the film is set against the backdrop of disaster, it makes people think about the meaning of life in the form of light comedy: we should enjoy the life of the moment and cherish the time with our families.
01 Life is not just about mobile phones and computers.
At the beginning of the story, the workaholic father, the mother who worked hard to manage the housework, the brother and sister who indulged in their respective mobile phone worlds, and the brothers and sisters who rarely communicated with their parents, after the power outage, all electronic devices could not be used, after a week of waiting, finally found that the impact of the power outage on life was irreparable, the family of four decided to ride to the grandfather's house in Kagoshima, along the way, the wind and meals, up and down the river, there was no mobile phone and computer, and each other also changed from the initial mutual complaints and accusations, gradually became tolerant and caring, They rushed to their destination in unison, and the originally estranged family of four was closely connected.
02 Potential is always stimulated in times of crisis.
There is a scene in the movie where they have to ride through a two-kilometer dark tunnel, and at the mouth of the tunnel, there are several blind grandmothers who give people directions to change water or food, they thought they would be able to ride over, but they turned back as the grandmother expected, and finally passed through the tunnel under the guidance of one of the grandmothers. Blind people have aroused the potential of their ears because they have lost their senses of the eyes, and on the way to escape, in order to survive, they have also stimulated the unimaginable potential: the father who can only talk about big reasoning has tied a raft with scattered wood by the river, the family has helped the old man in the pig farm to drive back all the lost pigs, and in the face of hunger, they have eaten cat feed that cannot be swallowed...
03 Love and protection are the source of life.
In the film, the seemingly insignificant mother who is a housewife at home uses the wisdom she has accumulated in her life to provide the family with as many material preparations as possible. Dad took on the role of guardian of the whole family, and even almost sacrificed himself. The brother went from a boy who refused to give up his computer and mobile phone even if he was about to face death, to a man who would take care of his family. And the younger sister changed from a petite little girl who couldn't do anything to a sensible daughter who could help her mother sew clothes and even learned to weave. With the help of passers-by, they finally reached Kagoshima, which was like a paradise, and found their grandfather. All these changes are based on the strong family affection between the family, even if the wind and rain outside are great, returning to the true, as long as the family stays together is happiness, sunshine, food, water, love and protection, is the source of life.
"Let us remember the joy of the past, count the tears of the past; when we sip the bitter wine of sadness in the midst of hardship, there is a song that will always echo in our ears, and the hard years are only yesterday..." The film ends with the music of "Hard Times Come Again No More", but what is left for us is thinking about the meaning of human existence in this world, cherishing what we have, abandoning those illusory people or things, and the real life is what we should pursue.
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