I went to watch a movie called Earth and Soil which took place in Afghanistan.
This film depicted an old man bringing his five-year deaf grandson to look for his son working in far away mining area. To tell the bad news which his village and several others had burned down, and even his wife and mother died in this tragedy. The old man watched people burying the dead, carrying their belongings, and leaving ruin villages on his strenuous journey. All of the sadness happening in these people was the heartless wars. For these survivors and refugees not only suffered the physical hurt, but also mentally, because they need to carry the burden of losing relatives, friends, and even strangers. Moreover, they need to repair their broken hearts piece by piece, and learn how to continue living. However, the only hope and comfort for this old man was his deaf grandson, caused by bomb, and to seek his son. It is quite desponded to watch, but it is a good movie.
The director faced Russia invading Afghanistan in 1981 when he was 20 years old. He saw the ruthless war causing people without home to go back. One day, he bumped into an old man carrying a kid with sorrow, fear in their eyes. All of the scenario and inspiration were come from what he saw at that time. In order to survival, the director escaped from Afghanistan to Pakistan for searching political asylum. He wrote down the unforgettable memory into words and represented into the big screen after 22 years.
History is just like a mirror which reflects previous and nowadays. However, people seem not to get the lesson from history. Similar stories, fighting for power, religion struggling, conquering territory, involving in other countries’ business, financial issue, and so forth happen again and again. I am not a person who is completely anti war, but if people fight for right, fight for truth that is correct. However, some wars seem not like that, it involves in personal greed, or to hypocrite religious, political name to get what they want. In the end, who encounter the catastrophe the most?
This film depicted an old man bringing his five-year deaf grandson to look for his son working in far away mining area. To tell the bad news which his village and several others had burned down, and even his wife and mother died in this tragedy. The old man watched people burying the dead, carrying their belongings, and leaving ruin villages on his strenuous journey. All of the sadness happening in these people was the heartless wars. For these survivors and refugees not only suffered the physical hurt, but also mentally, because they need to carry the burden of losing relatives, friends, and even strangers. Moreover, they need to repair their broken hearts piece by piece, and learn how to continue living. However, the only hope and comfort for this old man was his deaf grandson, caused by bomb, and to seek his son. It is quite desponded to watch, but it is a good movie.
The director faced Russia invading Afghanistan in 1981 when he was 20 years old. He saw the ruthless war causing people without home to go back. One day, he bumped into an old man carrying a kid with sorrow, fear in their eyes. All of the scenario and inspiration were come from what he saw at that time. In order to survival, the director escaped from Afghanistan to Pakistan for searching political asylum. He wrote down the unforgettable memory into words and represented into the big screen after 22 years.
History is just like a mirror which reflects previous and nowadays. However, people seem not to get the lesson from history. Similar stories, fighting for power, religion struggling, conquering territory, involving in other countries’ business, financial issue, and so forth happen again and again. I am not a person who is completely anti war, but if people fight for right, fight for truth that is correct. However, some wars seem not like that, it involves in personal greed, or to hypocrite religious, political name to get what they want. In the end, who encounter the catastrophe the most?
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