Kidnapped Child is an Italian drama film, also known as "With You I Am Not Afraid". Released in 2003 with a Douban score of 8.3, the film is a classic film with a child-led character, but it is for adults. The overall style of the film is dark, and the painting style is too sudden in some places, so some netizens jokingly call the film a horror film. Indeed, there are some thriller shots and some psychologically dark pictures in the film.
The film is about a small village in southern Italy, where 10-year-old male protagonist Michelle plays a running game with several friends and imitates the rules of the adult world, and if he loses, he will pay a price. The little fat woman is a loser and is ordered to take off her pants, and Michelle stepped forward in time to stop the farce. After leaving, Michelle found that the glasses were missing where they were playing. So he returned to the scene to look for glasses, and accidentally found a little boy hidden in a cellar, and this little boy was Philip.
Seeing Philip for the first time, who did not dare to open his eyes, Michelle was frightened and ran around, but this could not stop his curiosity, returned to the cellar several times, and slowly became friends with Philip. Philip, 10 years old, has been imprisoned in this cellar for a long time. In the process of communicating with Michelle, Philip gradually opened his heart. And Michelle also inadvertently discovers that it turns out that philipp was kidnapped by the whole village! His parents are also involved! Michelle must show her wisdom, courage, and strategy to deal with the adults in order to rescue Philip. Although Philip is kidnapped, he slowly comes out of the psychological shadow, and at the end of the film, he is rescued with the help of Michelle.
The world of children and adults has always been a hot topic of discussion. This niche film depicts the world through the eyes of children from the perspective of children. Not only that, but among children, there are also differences, some are kind, some are dark, some are realistic, some are utilitarian, and they show different personalities from an early age. As a representative of kindness and justice, the male protagonist Michelle ultimately sublimates her personality by helping others.
Today, I will analyze the practical significance of this film from three perspectives: Michelle's personality, Philip's situation and behavior, and the influence of Michelle's parents on their children.
<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" >01 Michelle's character analysis</h1>
Michelle's first personality: the courage to explore, the courage to take responsibility.
The story begins when Michelle and her friends finish playing in a ruin, when Michelle discovers that her glasses are missing and goes back to find them. Inadvertently, Michelle discovers a cellar in which is the kidnapped boy Philip. At first, Michelle is extremely frightened of the sudden appearance of Philip, but after several encounters, curiosity overcomes the fear, and the two become friends.
From the process of the two people meeting and knowing each other, it can be seen that Michelle has a strong curiosity about unknown things, and he is not like an ordinary child, who sees dangerous or disturbing things, abandons them, but tries to find a way to find out.
Combined with the film's presentation, we see Michelle playing in the ruins with her friends and mingling with her friends, and it is obvious that this child is not the first time to participate in such activities.
In reality, children's behavior has such a characteristic: in a group of children, there is always one or several who can come up with some new ways to play, so as to become the leader of these people. Driven by their curiosity and intrinsic interests, these children always like to explore the people or environment around them. Such children are likely to become leaders in later adulthood. One of the driving sources for daring to explore this excellent potential is to participate in children's games and become the protagonists. Obviously, Michelle is the protagonist, and I think that's one of the reasons why he's able to have that trait.
Not only that, Michelle was able to stand up when her female partner was asked to take off her pants, which was a rare and valuable show of her courageous character. Combined with sending water and food to Philip later, taking care of his survival aspects, these are his responsible behaviors.
Michelle's second personality: knowing what people need, knowing the power of what they have.
After several interactions, Michelle found that in the most difficult times, people need to save their lives, not big fish and meat. So he took 500 lira to the store to buy something. He asked the store aunt what a man would buy when he was most hungry, and the aunt told him that it was bread. So he spent the money to buy bread for Philip, which extended the life of the little hostage in disguise.
This kind of personality is actually a kind of great wisdom.
The original text in the Tao Te Ching says: "He who knows others is wise, and he who knows himself is wise." The winner is strong, and the self-victor is strong. The contented are rich, and the forcible have aspirations. Those who do not lose what they do will last, and those who die and do not die will live. ”
Michelle knows the dangers of others and knows what her abilities are limited to, so she only does what she can to help Philip. He's not a big hero, everything he does is behind the scenes, and not only that, he's afraid that whatever he does will be known to others, it's his judgment of his own abilities.
Michelle's third personality: self-sacrifice to save others, taking care of the overall situation.
At the end of the film, the adults in the village see that things are about to be exposed and plan to "tear up the tickets". At this time, Michelle planned to rescue Philip, indicating the sublimation of his ideas. Maybe Michelle wasn't making a tall plan, but in action, he was a giant, and through his efforts, Philip was finally successfully rescued.
For a nine-year-old, maybe he doesn't know that he is hovering between life and death, maybe he doesn't know how sinister the adult world is, and he does one thing that makes all adults ashamed - justice.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" >02 Phillips' situation behavior analysis</h1>
As a kidnapper, all of Philip's actions stem from his own conditioned reflexes.
The first time Philip spoke, he asked Michelle for water to drink, which was a human survival instinct. However, Philip did not know where he was, how long it had been, and even thought that he might think that he was going to die, but the instinct of life was still driving him to say things like asking for water to drink.
Philip's first official conversation with Michelle was when Michelle went into the cave to chat with him, Michelle brought him bread for his life, and through the conversation between the two, Philip concluded that this man was not a bad person. So it's the classic quote in the film: Are you my guardian angel?
It can be seen how grateful people are to usher in such a dawn after they are in extreme difficulty! But soon, Philip discovered that the crisis had not been completely lifted. Although this man had come to help him, he could not completely rescue him. This kind of scene is like a person in a great disaster who finds the dawn and has hope in his heart, but it is still difficult to think about the present.
After Philip was taken out of the cave by Michelle, he at first even opened his eyes as a luxury, but only opened them with Michelle's encouragement. Not only that, in the golden wheat field, he became a real ten-year-old child, and the negative emotions in his heart disappeared.
In the end, when Philip is rescued by Michelle, the strong hunger causes him to have no strength to escape, and after trying his best, he says to Michelle: Climb over, I am waiting for you! Michelle told him to escape first, and when Michelle was shot, a group of people were looking for him, at this time, he did not choose to escape, but appeared in front of everyone like a man.
It seems to me that Philip went through these tribulations that exercised his will. In the course of his dealings with Michelle, he learned to face difficulties, die, and gain a deep friendship. This made him dare to face reality, just like another name in the film: I am not afraid of you. All that viewers can see is to warm people's hearts, feel empathy, and come from the heart.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" >03 The influence of Michelle's parents on their children</h1>
There is no doubt that Michelle's parents love him. Michelle had a harmonious family, and his parents spoiled him and promised him a lot of things. Michelle's parents loved the family, loved every member of the family, including Michelle's six-year-old sister.
Michelle's father would bring him and his sister a punt when he returned home, and when he learned that he was going to get a ransom, he told the children to take them to the beach for a big dinner, and When Michelle was caught, he warned Michelle not to do it again. In the end, the shot injured Michelle by mistake, and the feeling of fatherly love for his children is nothing compared to anything else. Michelle's mother broke her heart for the family, and for Michelle, she fought with her friends. All of this is telling us that this pair of parents, for the sake of the family, are willing to take risks, willing to give everything for their children, and in this respect, they are right.
Our country is currently in a critical period of prevention and control of new crown pneumonia, a few days ago broke a news: a family in Guangdong claimed that because of the complicated family relationship, and because it is currently unable to go to work, there is no financial resources, it has been unable to raise children, and abandoned its children on the street. The parents left a note saying that they would send their children to a welfare home for upbringing and redeem them if they had money later.
Emotionally speaking, this pair of parents also love their children, and do not want their children to suffer with themselves and cannot eat. But in terms of practice, isn't it the same as Michelle's parents and the whole village? Only for their own interests, completely disregarding the lives of others. What exactly is this approach implying?
It is also this love day after day, year after year, that creates the excellent qualities of Michelle's child's personality. There is an old Chinese saying that three years old looks old. Some psychologists believe that a person's character is formed at the age of six. It can be seen that the influence of parents on children is huge.
There is also a scene in the film that is intriguing. Michelle's sister was playing with a toy by the pool, she put the whole toy in the water, Michelle told her that the toy would drown if she did this, the sister did not listen, said: Anyway, it is all broken! After saying that, put the toy more fiercely into the water.
I believe that the director will not arrange this plot for no reason, is this not to show that although Michelle's parents are ostensibly meticulous love for their children, in life, after all, it is a wise man who has a thousand worries, and there must be a mistake? Usually, no matter how good the disguise is, after all, because it is not a righteous act, it still causes psychological trauma to the child. At the same time, Michelle's other partners are even more cunning, some cowardly, some domineering, and some of them have not yet opened their minds, is this not all hinting that the child's behavior and thoughts are greatly affected by the environment?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > concluding remarks:</h1>
The director used golden yellow as the main color to shoot the story of a young hero, and also shaped the noble heart of a teenager. He is kind but also ignorant, brave but also fragile, and energetic but also immature. This teenager risked his life to save others, and this spirit of sacrifice and resistance was played by a child and touched the audience. Every adult comes over as a child, and when we arrange the lives of our children, is it pure love for them? I hope that adults can also have less utilitarianism and calculation, and more innocence and warmth.