Mr. Lao She has a masterpiece called "Camel Xiangzi", which tells the story of a rickshaw driver with a dream, who experienced ups and downs in his life and finally his dream was shattered. Of course, this story is a true portrayal of poor people in the context of a special era. At the same time, it is also a manifestation of an attitude towards life, the ups and downs are called life, and the tragic experience will have an end or will continue to come back, which can lead to thinking.
The film recommended to you today is also about the life of a low-level citizen in modern society. The film is called "The Man Pushing the Cart," and the film tells the story of a Pakistani refugee who comes to the United States to make a living. The protagonist is a young man, what he has experienced before this film is not fully shown, but from the conformist life shown in the film, it is not difficult to see that this is a person who does not have any enthusiasm for part of life. Why do you lose your passion for life? This is the core of this film.
If a person wants to live and wants to live, he must have a goal as a support. If you lose your goal, your survival instinct is greatly reduced, or even completely lost. Whether a person who has lost the instinct to survive can see the sun the next day becomes unknown. The protagonist in this film is the group that hovers between losing and gaining.
New York is a place full of hopes and dreams, and anyone who wants to realize the American dream is full of yearning for New York, but reality does not improve with this yearning, and the tall buildings that should be cold generally do not reveal any sunlight. The life of the young man in the film is full of rules, he is silent and no one knows his true story. However, in his repetitive movements, we can see hope in the cold.
After the story gradually unfolded, everything became clearer, the young man's original identity was a singer, but after moving to New York, he had to switch to another industry in order to make a living, and the depression of life did not prevent the young man from continuing to dream. He worked hard day after day in order to one day complete the accumulation of wealth, and this accumulation was for the better life of his wife and children in a distant land.
However, as mentioned earlier, when the tragedy of Shoko the Camel is staged on the streets of New York, no one will stop to watch. The young man's trolley, a symbol of hope, was eventually stolen at a "junction of hope.". The good life suddenly vanished, and everything had to start all over again. This is something that no one wants to see, but it really happens. Life is sometimes like this, hope is ignited, tomorrow is better, often the blow will follow.
The warm ending of this film alleviates the coldness of this blow to a certain extent, but in reality, not everyone can continue their lives without interference under this blow. Every silent person is not as brave as the young people in the film with a firm goal. And most of the obscure people in life, when the good things they expect always happen, they are inevitably disturbed by bad luck one after another. But that's life.
A character like Shoko the Camel will make his own choices in the face of life, willing to degenerate, and we can't think of Shoko as a complete loser. Because at any time, not everyone has the courage to face the various blows in life. Shoko made a choice after seeing through life in his environment, which is the same as the male protagonist in the film.
In the face of life's setbacks and tribulations, there are always people who face difficulties, there are always people who are willing to fall, this is the true portrayal of life, courage and responsibility are valuable, but when dreams or hopes are shattered, people always have a way to vent themselves. Only then can we gather the courage to start over.
The intermittent information in this film shows us the patience of a responsible man. He worked hard for his separated family to offset the difficulties he faced in his life to a certain extent. Because he knows that this kind of effort is rewarded, and this kind of return is enough for himself. The only pleasures of a difficult life are the kittens back home at night and the few music records. This simple spiritual pillar is the greatest relief from reality.
In the cold of New York, for this man, any form of connection is an uncertain hidden danger for his real life, so in the face of the love of the opposite sex, he will show confusion. The light looks very tempting, but for the male protagonist, the light is not enough to support himself to continue living in this strange city, the light is just a concoction, but it cannot bring any long-term pleasure.
For this strange city, he has never been a host but a guest, and his fate and future are unknown, and this comfort does not make everything in reality a certainty. Just like after his car was stolen, everything he faced was still cold and uncared for.
Life is very hard, this hard is a choice, but also a real existence, camel Shoko finally completely lost hope, but the male protagonist did not, because there is hope, life is bitter, desperate situation will not happen.
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