I saw a little clip on Weibo, I went to find resources to watch, the three protagonists of the documentary are different family environments, facing different life choices, one from the rural mountains of Gansu who wants to go to school to work in Beijing, earns 1,000 yuan a month, builds a house and digs a well, Ma Baijuan, one is from Xianning County to complete her father's last wishes again and again, Xu Jia, a repeat student, and another from Beijing Academy of Fine Arts Affiliated Middle School, rich material life makes her mental goals confused, traveling all over Europe, Yuan Hanhan, who studied in Germany... In fact, the life choices we face are more or less inextricably linked to the influence of the family.
The most impressive thing is the director's filming of Ma Baijuan's reading in the classroom, the teacher led the children to read the Chinese textbook, the content is roughly "In the past, our school building was dark and narrow, now, our school is bright and spacious; in the past, our playground was full of loess, now, we have a football field...", and then the camera turns, their classrooms, their playgrounds, their bright eyes and numb recitations... Whose past was it? And whose present is now, it is worth pondering...
The camera turned, her brother came to the school and said, teacher, Ma Baijuan's situation, you know, our family conditions are difficult, she is not the material for reading, I want her not to learn to go out to work. The teacher said that at least after nine years of study, I could always learn something to go in. As soon as the camera turned, Ma Baijuan leaned on the big iron door of the school, did not dare to enter, but looked inward, full of envious light, knowing that the camera was shooting, and hurriedly turned her back, shy and full of desire for a future that did not exist...
Later, Ma Baijuan, who went to the county to find a job and no one wanted, twisted and twisted back home, and talked to the pregnant women who were not much older than themselves, and their parents were short, and they were married to their cousins at the age of sixteen. When her father learned that the director was not a central person, he scolded the camera and reached out and said that he would ask for 20,000 yuan to continue shooting. Ma Baijuan's back is hidden behind the door, and her child will also be born on the yellow land...
Xu Jia was admitted to Hubei University of Technology and entered into marriage with his girlfriend... Yuan Hanhan felt that Germany had finished developing, it was not interesting, it only needed everyone to live beautifully, it was boring. Because of boredom, she did not want to stay in Beijing and returned to Shanghai for an internship. Stay a few months and experience a life that is not boring. Then, the company was registered...
Some people say: "Our generation, staggered on the mountain road of history, pulled back and forth very long, very long"... Growing up to Ma Baijuan will never know the life of Yuan Hanhan, forever... The inherent mode of thinking and the class level that are basically solidified from generation to generation cannot be exchanged for "temporary" with "a long time". Growing up to Ma Lijuan, they could not change, and occasionally only a few Xu Jia could use a few lifetimes of kung fu and may not be able to catch up with a Yuan Hanhan.
Fortunately, there are Xu Jia in China, and there are tens of millions. But at the same time, there are millions of Ma Baijuan in China. They don't have the opportunity to choose to change. But perhaps, Ma Baijuan's lack of choice is not the best choice
Children who grow up under different families, resources, and education, the education and influence they receive are very different, some of the shackles of thinking, it is indeed difficult to break by their own strength, the documentary ends in a monologue by Yuan Hanhan, perhaps as the director himself said: "The way out is not only material, but also spiritual, spiritual; the way out is not external, but also internal; the way out is not social, but also self...
I'm ken and I hope you're all happy...
Evening note on October 11, 2021