Text | New Media Department, Junior Business School
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"Most of the children who came to counseling since 2000 were caused by high sense of competition and loneliness."
After contacting 8,000 families, Teacher Chen Mo, an expert in adolescent psychological counseling from East China Normal University, said.
In "Excellent Sheep" written by Yale Law Professor William Deresiewicz, the proud children of heaven in the Ivy League schools he described also had the problem of high sense of competition and high loneliness, and these children had inferiority, depression, anxiety, self-harm, and even suicidal tendencies, etc., known as "rich diseases".
At the end of the book, he gave young people a suggestion - more contact with literature and art can help them think and reflect, understand the meaning of life, and bid farewell to confusion.
Previously, we shared "22 Must-Read Books for Children of All Ages in Primary and Secondary Schools in the United States" for "Literature", and today we share "Art" - 12 classic movies suitable for adolescent children, all from Taiwan. Taiwanese films are known for their small freshness, especially good at depicting delicate emotions, which is easy to resonate with children who are in a critical period of mental development. From friendship to love, from family affection to dreams, each movie tells a topic thoroughly, and it is strongly recommended that parents and children watch it together.
Children of the Sun
- Attribution
The source of the story of this film is the mother of one of the directors, Lega Shumi, who repairs water zhenzhen, restores terraces, grows organic rice and sea rice in the aboriginal tribe, and then joins some of the current aboriginal tribes facing the dilemma of large conglomerates entering the development of tourist hotels and losing land.
The mother of the little girl Nakaw must stay in Taipei in order to work, and the grandfather who depends on each other is no longer healthy, while the tribesmen in their hometown are opposed to each other because of the development plan of "selling land for progress". Is building a restaurant and providing employment opportunities the only way for the tribe to survive?
The peasants in the film do everything to live up to the land that has been handed down and the tribe they love so much. Urban development is important, but it is even more important to preserve traditions and truly empathize with the world and people around them.
Etudes
- Challenges
Douban score: 8.0 Classic line: "Riding a bicycle always sees the best and the worst." ”
Not wanting to regret the past in the future, Ming Xiang, who was about to graduate from college and had a hearing impairment, took a leave of absence to ride a bicycle alone and began a trip around the island in the headwind direction starting from Kaohsiung.
In addition to the beautiful scenery everywhere, there are all kinds of people: workers who want to use images to create dreams are single-mindedly capturing the wind of the Pacific Ocean, female primary school teachers who are about to retire, telling him about their feelings of unrequited love; strangers who are tour guides and drivers share a box lunch with him while telling him about the life of the group of laid-off female workers in front of him...
More importantly, through the brief contact with these people and the countless hardships he has suffered, Ming has a deeper understanding of life, and he knows his own life etude, which has just begun.
"Magic Auntie"
- Affection
Douban score: 8.8 Classic lines: "People, you can't just think of yourself as good, capable people, to help others more." ”
The cartoon contains a lot of Taiwanese customs and customs, especially the gods and ghosts: water lanterns, July and a half, doing things, channeling, reincarnation... Although the content looks a little weird, it is actually a comedy cartoon that contains the warm current of family affection.
Grandma is actually a psychic, often the village dead people to deal with funerals, guide the dead to reincarnate, suppress the evil ghost, grandson Doudou accidentally broke a jar containing evil ghosts, released the evil ghosts, and then began a series of fantasy stories. The plot of this film has ups and downs, it is very attractive to children, and most importantly, Grandma is not really as fierce as she looks, and the simplicity and kindness in her body are buried in all kinds of details that help others.
The Blue Gate
INTERVIEWER First Love
Douban score: 8.3 Classic line: "There is a ferry in the river of life, even if you have sailed away from it for a long time, you will still want to return to this ferry at any time to dock, to visit its scenery and smell, this ferry, called youth." ”
The most difficult topic of first love, the blue door helps us solve the children's doubts very well. This is one of Taiwan's most classic youth campus films, which consciously or unconsciously filters out schoolwork, exams, and parents' nagging, leaving only small notes in class, whispers from friends, hazy feelings, and pleasant fragments of youth.
In this film, the heroine has always been very confused, she seems to like girls, but also like boys. A lot of people say it's a film about love, but what I see more is that it's a 17-year-old girl who constantly understands and explores herself, and the struggles and entanglements in it resonate very well with adolescent children.
Flying Against the Light
- Dreams
Douban score: 8.2 Classic line: "Maybe I have been flying in the direction of others, but this time, I want to fly in my way." ”
Yu Xiang, a boy with extraordinary musical talent, plays the piano very well, but he is born blind. He insisted on not competing in any competitions, only hoping to have a life like an ordinary person. However, when he left home for the first time to study, he met Xiao Jie, a girl who loved to dance but was forced to give up her dream for some reason.
The blind Yuxiang, at this moment, seems to be able to "see" the beauty of the world that is not seen by others, he is like a warm backlight into Xiao Jie's cold heart, and Xiao Jie leads Yu Xiang through an adventure he has never tried. Two souls that seem to never intersect have become the strength to support each other and strive for their dreams together.
"Can't Live Without You"
- Bravery
Douban score: 8.3 Classic line: "The sea is so deep, how do you see me?" "I keep looking, I keep looking, I can see it."
This film is based on a social news in 2003 and won four awards at the 46th Golden Horse Awards for Best Film, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Outstanding TaiwanEse Film of the Year.
In downtown Taipei, a ragged man, Li Wuxiong, with a girl under the age of 10 in his arms, prepared to commit suicide by jumping over a flyover, which caused police and media to chase and intercept him. In front of the television, many people are paying attention to the development of the situation. In the face of the police, Takeo shouted "social injustice", which aroused everyone's curiosity.
It turns out that when Takeo lived with his ex-girlfriend, he had a daughter, the girl in his arms, and the child was named Meizai. Later, the ex-girlfriend remarried, and there was no news. Takeo raises the girl independently, and the two depend on each other for their lives, and their lives are miserable. In order to earn a living, Takeo engaged in a number of high-risk jobs. The sister is of school age, but by law, legal guardians– namely the birth mother and stepfather – are eligible to go through the formalities. Although Takeo is the biological father, he has no legal basis and cannot exercise the rights of guardian, so that his sister can enroll as he wishes, Takeo embarks on a difficult road of rights protection...
Life Unlimited Company
- Life and death
Douban score: 7.7 Classic lines: "When I was a child, Grandma told me a secret that life can be infinite. When I grew up, I learned that secret, which was love. ”
Xu Zhiting is a seven-year-old Taipei girl who is naturally lively and active. Her father was busy with work, while her mother went to the United States for further study, so there was no way to take care of her, and Xiaoting was tricked by her parents into sending her grandmother to her house in Kaohsiung. When she woke up, Xiaoting found that her parents had sneaked away, leaving her unwilling to live with her grandmother.
Returning to Taipei to find her parents became her biggest wish, and she went through her grandmother's house inside and out, just to save enough money to buy a train ticket home. Not only that, she also found a little friend Lezai to help her escape again and again, but Grandma could always find her. However, when she was finally able to leave her grandmother's house with her parents, she cried even harder than when she came.
When Xiaoting returned here many years later, her grandmother had long since died, and when she opened her grandmother's relics again, she learned her grandmother's love for her...
Roll Over! Ashin! 》
- Persistence
Douban score: 7.1 Classic line: "If you only have one chance to turn over in your life, you have to use your best." ”
Lin Yuxin, a young man born in Yilan, Taiwan, once spent a happy teenager in the gymnastics team, when the lively and active little A Xin had excellent talent and was quite a coach, but as he grew older, Ah Xin's innate long and short feet made it difficult for him to improve his gymnastics level, and he could not open the fruit shop's mother's request, so he had to terminate training, sell fruit, and fight with his friends caixi on the streets and all walks of life every day.
In order to stand out for the stalls of his former gymnastics teammates, Ah Xin and Cai Shu blamed papaya, the son of the big brother of the underworld, and repeatedly made papaya ugly, and papaya lured Cai Shu to take drugs, setting a trap for Ah Xin, and as a result, he was seriously injured by Cai Shu. Ah Xin and Cai Shu had to go to Taipei to hide from the disaster, and the gymnastics dream of their youth had become blurred at this time...
"Seeing Taiwan"
- Responsibility
Douban score: 7.6 Classic line: "Yes, this is our homeland - Taiwan, if you have never seen such a Taiwan, it is because you are not standing high enough." ”
From the landscapes of mountains, oceans, lakes, rivers, forests, rice paddies, fish mounds, cities, etc., people see that Taiwan is so beautiful, but they also see the changes, destruction and harm caused by various environments facing people's development.
The deceased director Zeppelin, who filmed Taiwan, but we can see from it how much human activity is affecting nature, and how these effects will in turn affect us - the trans-mountain road brings convenience, but the texture of the mountain is irreparably scarred, people take the train, go to Alishan to see the sunrise, under their feet, there is a large piece of rubble exposed...
This film is not just a film, a documentary, it not only strengthens the identity of the community, but also deepens the sense of responsibility in everyone - they are responsible for Taiwan's tomorrow and future.
"Starry Sky"
- Loneliness
Douban score: 7.1 Classic line: "Although some things, from the beginning means the end, from the beginning to know that there is no result, then is it not to let it start?" If you give up your rights for fear of losing, then life seems to have lost its meaning. ”
The film is adapted from the picture book "Starry Sky" by Several Meters, which tells the story of two lost teenagers "escaping from reality" together. When the heroine Xiaomei was 12 years old, she was sent back to her parents in the city from her grandfather's house on the mountain, and the strange environment and the divorce of her parents made her miss her grandfather extremely. In the face of endless loneliness, Xiaomei can only hide in the world of one person.
Xiaomei's mother is under great pressure at work, she does not know how to communicate with her daughter, in the end, she chooses to leave home, leave her husband and daughter, and marry far away to France; and Xiaomei's father, who also does not know how to love her family, only quarrels every day...
Until one day, Xiaomei met her new classmate Xiao Jie, they have a sharp heart, sharing another world that belongs only to them, the problems in life have not been reduced, but at least they have each other's companionship.
Because she missed her grandfather too much, Xiaomei plucked up the courage to run away from home, she wanted to take another look at the log cabin that once belonged to her grandfather and lived with her, and she wanted to look at the pure and silent starry sky again, and it was Xiaomei who was silent but sensitive and delicate.
Tropical Fish
- Failure
Douban score: 8.5 Classic line: "No matter who you are, there is something waiting for you to do." ”
Middle school student Liu Zhiqiang's mock test results once again disappointed his parents, and by chance, he saw a kidnapping case on TV and tried to rescue the child, but he did not expect to be arrested.
The kidnapper was Ah Qing, from a very poor small city, and due to an accident, Ah Qing's kidnapping was unsuccessful, but he had to take two children home.
After Ah Qing brought the two children home, just like a family, life was difficult but happy, they carefully settled the lives of the two children on the one hand, and on the other hand, they tried to figure out how to get a high amount of kidnapping tickets, Ah Qing even found a sister who dropped out of school, Ah Juan's idle books to let Liu Zhiqiang continue to review and enter college. But in the end, the police still found Liu Zhiqiang, who was taken to the sea by Ah Qing to escape the pursuit, but Liu Zhiqiang denied that Ah Qing was a kidnapper...