Rumiye Court, Lebanon.
There was a 12-year-old boy standing in court...
The judge asked, "Zane, do you know why you're here?"
The boy said, "You know, I'm going to sue my parents!"
The judge asked: What is the charge?
The boy said, "Because they brought me into this world. ”
This scene comes from the recently released Lebanese film "What is Home"
"How to Be Home" This film lasts two hours, giving people a heavy and depressing feeling, and the faces of everyone on the screen are tired, helpless, helpless, struggling against life, and then the despair of inability to compromise.
If your heart is strong enough, you may wish to go to this movie, which can poke at the weakness of your heart.
The Lebanese caves are inhabited by people of three religions and nine streams: hooligans, thugs, prostitutes, drug traffickers...
In an extremely poor family, where parents are idle and not even legally recognized, they are constantly giving birth to children, and a large family is crowded on a bunk.
Zane and his younger siblings were born into such a family...
Zane's family is very poor, and they will never turn on the lights until they have to, but can only light candles;
Each child can only use a small pot of water per day, and cannot exceed the standard.
Zane, his hair is messy, his little face is dirty, and there is always a smell of urine on his body...
The children born here are black households, have no identity, and have no childhood...
At a very young age, Zane learned to smoke and export into "dirty": bitch, dog bastard, slut...
This kind of rudeness beyond age, in the eyes of adults here, is not wrong...
Every day, in addition to smoking, fighting, swearing...
As the eldest son, Zane took on most of the pressure on the family, delivering gas cans, changing drinking water, selling homemade drinks...
Then, go home and help your parents make poison...
In such a life, Zane is not happy, but he feels that there is nothing wrong with it...
Until one day, something happened, like a bomb, exploded the anger of 12-year-old Zane...
One day, Zane stumbles upon an 11-year-old sister on menstrual leave, and her sister doesn't know anything, but Zane knows that if she is discovered, she will soon be sent to get married. He washed his sister's bottoms, went to the grocery store to steal tampons, and told her sister to hide used tampons, which he tried so hard to hide.
However, a few months later, the sister was bleeding heavily because of pregnancy, because there was no ID card, the hospital refused to accept ...
In the end, he died at the door of the hospital.
In the film, Zane feels uncomfortable countless times, wipes tears with his hands countless times, flashes his red eyes countless times, and his cry of learning of his sister's death is like the broken string that supports his whole body, which is a deep despair.
On this day, 12-year-old Zane, broke down, he stabbed the landlord in the stomach ...
"What a Home" was released in Lebanon in September last year and was introduced to China on April 29 this year. At present, the Douban score is as high as 8.9 points, and the IMDB score has reached 8.5 points.
Some foreign media commented: a wake-up call to the world, a cruel growth story, the Premiere of Cannes "Crying Complete Pack of Tissues"...
The film was nominated for the Oscars, Cannes, Golden Globes and other heavyweight awards, and finally won the Cannes Jury Award.
Some French media praised the film as: the most heart-wrenching blow!
On the face of it, this is a children's themed film...
However, it is classified as R restricted, and under the age of 17 must be accompanied by parental supervision to watch, that is, this movie starring children is not suitable for children.
Because the movie is full of swear words, violence, and the production of drugs and other "child-friendly" plots...
It is a pity that in this cruel world, some things that are not suitable for children to watch are happening to other children...
The Zane family, 2 adults and 7 children, were crammed into a bed separated by only a curtain.
On this side of the curtain, 7 children are crowded...
Over the curtain, Zane's parents are snapping...
Parents here will tie their children's feet with chains, just like a pet...
Parents here, in front of their children's drug production, also let their children as helpers...
Children here, born in garbage dumps and stinky gutters, grew up in second-hand smoke, foul language, violence and second-hand smoke...
When they grow up a little, boys become cheap labor and girls become commodities for sale...
However, they live with nothing and have joy.
For example, Zane and his sister are on the roof and use a rotten tin bucket as an instrument...
Their desire is simple: to go to a place where there, there are separate rooms, where, live longer, and die naturally ...
However, these humble wishes are not easy to achieve...
From the beginning of his understanding, Zane hated his parents, and this hatred stemmed from the question in his heart: If you can't raise me, why do you still have to give birth to me?
Zane said: The most gentle sentence I've ever heard is: Roll, bitch.
Life is a pile of shit, I live in hell here, I'm like a pile of rotten meat, life is a bitch, I thought we could be good people, we could be loved by everyone.
In the movie, there is a delicate plot...
In the midst of a yin and yang, Zane took in an abandoned baby.
He stole a skateboard, made it into a trailer, put the baby in the trailer, and wandered around.
Sleepy, make a plastic bag to make a bed;
Thirsty, drink a few taps of water;
Hungry, rummaging through the trash cans for leftover bread, burgers, and sandwiches.
In order to take care of the baby, he did his best...
He wanted to work, but because he was too young, no one recruited.
In the end, he learned how his parents made drugs, and then dragged babies through the streets and alleys, selling drugs.
The baby is difficult to control because it is difficult to control, so Zane uses a rope to tie the baby's feet...
But life is getting harder and harder, and although Zane wants to protect the baby, he is still powerless.
He sold the baby to a man for $400...
Zane's life trajectory coincides with his disgusting parents...
In that moment, Zane's judgment was that the baby would follow his own path and sell him to a better family.
This is the same as Zane's father's original intention of marrying off his underage daughter: the daughter married out, with a large bed to sleep in, and a blanket cover, it is better than following his own suffering.
Zane's parents are among the perpetrators of this tragedy, as well as the victims.
Mom said: I have been a slave all my life, and if you change to me, you will not even have the courage to live.
His father said: I was born this way, I grew up like this, what did I do wrong?
Each of them, in the midst of fate and turbulent society, cannot find any way to save themselves, and even this suffering will be passed down from generation to generation like a genetic disease.
It turns out that the initiator of the tragedy is not an individual, but: poverty.
Of particular note is the film's male protagonist: Zane Al Rafia.
This 12-year-old boy conquered every audience with his amazing acting skills.
For example, after a few days in custody, Zane was dragged to court. When he first saw the sun, he subconsciously rubbed his eyes with his hands...
It was a natural reaction of a person who had been in the dark for a long time, when he first saw the light, and Zane captured this detail.
Reluctance, guilt and sadness when forced to sell a baby...
And, in court, one second, the eyes are full of sadness, the next second, the eyes are full of hatred...
Behind such a spiritual acting skill, there is a tragic life.
Because this little boy himself is a refugee in exile in Lebanon.
In real life, the little boy is also called Zane, and when he filmed "What a Home", he was just 12 years old.
He was 12 years old and didn't even know the words.
The story of "How to Be Home" is not unfamiliar to Zane, but his own personal experience, and in this story that really exists in the real world, he is also the protagonist.
At the end of the film, Zane is rescued and emigrates abroad.
While taking a picture of his passport, Zane gave the camera an extremely bright smile.
For the first time in this 126-minute film, he laughed so lightly.
Movies can't change the world...
Like this realistic film, it cannot change the lives of lebanese slum children, and it cannot change the world where the gap between rich and poor is getting worse...
However, it at least changed the life of little Zane, changed the fate of a little boy, although it was only a child, but the world, still a little better...
Although, just so insignificant a little...
What is home?
For the parents, it is the two of them who come together, whether it is because of life or feelings that have produced marriage, whether it is because of the sense of mission of inheritance or the sense of crisis of old age, and thus, they form a family.
For us, the place with Mom and Dad is home.
Life is only once, and if you are not ready to love it, don't let it come to this world.
What is home? Only love can give children a home.
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