The holidays are just around the corner, and Pharaoh recommends a few movies that are truly worth seeing.
The first part, "Strangers at the Lahore Teahouse"
Pakistan, which we in China call "Pakistan Railways", has an all-weather partnership with China. And our Chinese is also quite preferential in Pakistan.
Despite this, the Chinese people do not know much about Pakistan, and even many people do not know what the capital of Pakistan is called, let alone "Lahore". Speaking of which, everyone must know that "Lahore" is a city in Pakistan.
Lahore, the cultural and artistic center of Pakistan, has a history of more than 2,000 years, was once the capital of the Mughal Empire, known as the "Garden City". In 630 AD, xuanzang, a senior monk of the Tang Dynasty in China, visited here.
As the name suggests, some people will say that in this case, "Lahore Teahouse" refers to a teahouse in the city of Lahore, and "Stranger in Lahore Teahouse" refers to a stranger in a teahouse.
Well, congratulations, the answer is correct.
Since it is about the American dream, how can it be a teahouse in Lahore, Pakistan?
Don't worry, and listen to Pharaoh tell you.
At the beginning of the film's story, a family in Pakistan is holding a party, in a very Muslim-style piece of peaceful dance music, under the interlacing of various character shots, in the streets of Lahore, an American is kidnapped.
Immediately afterward, the FBI counterterrorism team in the United States received and watched a video of the American being abducted and abused.
Immediately after, in a teahouse in Lahore, a strange American named Bobby came, and he asked to meet a Pakistani named Changgaiz.
However, we must not misunderstand that the three words "stranger" do not refer to this stranger in the United States. On the contrary, the three words "stranger" refer to this Pakistani who is extremely influential in this teahouse, called Changgaiz.
Bobby, a reporter disguised by the FBI, is specifically approaching Changgaiz in the name of "interviewing", because Changgaiz is the mastermind of the kidnapping at this time, and in Bobby's eyes, he is also a terrorist.
However, as the story progresses, Changaiz tells the story, we learn that the original Changaiz is returning to Pakistan from the United States. Many years ago, he went to college in the United States with an American dream, and after graduating from college, Changaiz entered a top financial analysis company and became a financial analyst.
It is this profession as a financial analyst that allows Chang Gitz to successfully enter the "American Dream" after completing many cases, and is about to become a partner of the famous financial analysis company he dreamed of, and harvested a very good love, which can be described as a career, love double harvest, and jokingly said that "he wants to be a Muslim dictator with a nuclear bomb in his hand".
However, at this time, the triumphant Changgaiz encountered bin Laden's younger brother hijacking the plane, knocking down the World Trade Center building, which the Americans were proud of, and a real Muslim "dictator" appeared.
As a result, in the entire American condemnation, under nationalism, Changaiz was subjected to many unfair treatments, including unjustified examination by the body at the airport, random arrest by the American police for having a beard, unprovoked questioning by his girlfriend, and all other ethnic confrontations.
A series of changes made Chang Gez disheartened, completely disappointed in the "American Dream", had to return to China, became a university teacher, and soon had many followers. Immediately after that, many terrorist bosses began to contact him.
Then, back in reality, Changaz is pointed at by Bobby at a gun in a chaotic scene outside the teahouse, where college students confront Pakistani police and the U.S. FBI. Due to the chaos, Changaz's teaching assistant, who is also his brother-in-law, is accidentally shot by Bobby. During the chaos, Bobby is rescued by the FBI and learns that they were misjudged by Changaz, who was not involved in terrorist activities and refused the invitation of the terrorists.
Subsequently, Changaiz and others performed a "Muslim funeral" for his assistant and brother-in-law, hoping that the tragedy would not be repeated. Bobby regretted writing the whole process into a book called Strangers at lahore Teahouse.
The story is extremely tragic, but it is also majestic and full of breath.
As the sadness of small people often comes not from their inability to change their fate, but from the fact that their fate is too easy to change. Like a small sailing ship in the ocean, it can change course at any time, but a big wave can knock it over.