Drama film "Son of the Sun" movie review Afterthoughts Explanatory text

After Ali confessed his fault for the fight

Explained to Mr. Fei in detail the practical skills of head to nose combat

Ali entered the basement and found the entrance to the underground pipe

The small space of the dark cave seems to be hidden with a lot of unknown dangers

The exploration of the dark tunnel is very difficult and the more difficult is to keep it secret

To do so unnoticed

After being accidentally discovered by the teacher

Ali and the big man, Mud, cleverly pretend to smoke to dispel the teacher's suspicions

The biggest change for Ali comes from within the small team

Big Mud's father is a drug addict.

He doesn't work himself

But he asks Mudd to work full-time.

Of course, Mudd doesn't want to leave his little friend

Little Bean's mathematical talent is particularly valued by his teacher

Mr. Fei wants to recommend Little Douzi to participate in the math competition

The other little buddy, Lei Zi, has a great talent for soccer

His ball skills let the little brother win a lot of gambling money also attracted the attention of Mr. Fei

The different family backgrounds and personalities of each little buddy have different visions of life

Hinted that their teamwork has long had potential variables

One after another

Suddenly one day the school gate was unlocked

No teacher or student could enter

The landlord inside has a tough attitude

The landlord inside, who had no access for teachers or students, had a tough attitude.

If the rent is not paid immediately, the whole building will be repossessed.

The principal begged and pleaded

He wanted to make an accommodation for the children

He said that private donations could not be collected

The rent will be paid as soon as the government subsidy arrives

The landlord's insulting language finally annoyed the principal

The principal waved his hand and the children took over

The children took over the school for the time being

Ali's treasure hunt can continue

This episode graphically illustrates the plight of education in Iran

Poverty coupled with a severe lack of government investment

This creates a vicious cycle of more and more out-of-school children

Mr. Fei recommends the soccer club to Lei Zi, a talented soccer player

With tears in his eyes, Lei Zi says goodbye to Ali and is the first to quit the team

The father of the big man, Marder, approached the school and threatened his son with suicide

He wanted him to work full time at the docks.

Mudd is disgusted by his father's actions

But when he saw his father under siege, he felt sorry for him

He finally gave in

Mudd didn't say goodbye.

Silently followed his father out of school

One day Little Douzi came to Ali out of breath

He said his sister Pearl was caught selling in the subway

Ali asked Mr. Fei for help

He came to the police station and released Pearl on bail

She was released with a sad expression

Mr. Fei gently lifted the hood

She found that her hair had been shaved.

This is a great insult to a Muslim girl

After sending the children to the car

Mr. Fei returned to the police station in a rage.

Using a technique taught by Ali, he hit the officer on the bridge of his nose.

Because of the hardship of life in Iran and the beginning of stability in Afghanistan

Little Douzi sadly told Ali that his family was moving back to Afghanistan

Ali was very helpless

But at that moment, the security guard of the school

caught the two of them sneaking into the tunnel

Under the fierce questioning of the security guard

The two men finally confessed that the tunnel led to the treasure of the tomb

After school, Ali returned to school with a lot of fear.

He had to negotiate with the security guard to make sure he didn't tell the principal.

Sure enough, the security guard closes the door and enters the secret passage to get the treasure for himself.

But the cave was too narrow and there were too many silt obstacles.

The security guard opened the door and let Ali in

The old man and the young man became a strange new partner

The colorful cinematography gives the film a full sense of beauty

It also greatly enhances the suspenseful tension of the story

Will they be able to climb through the passage?

What is the "treasure" at the end of the passage?

The school bell is broken

This is an important twist in the film

It is also a profound metaphor that the hope represented by the sun will be dimmed from now on

Teacher Fei, who is full of justice and kindness and really cares about children

He was arrested by the police for breaking the nose of a police officer.

Ali's reaction

shows the explosive acting skills of this young actor recruited on the street

Mr. Fei's removal meant the sun was gone from the children's hearts

A few days later, when Ali came back to find Douzi

he found the entire Afghan refugee compound empty.

His best friend was gone.

The beloved girl, Pearl, was also gone.

Ali's purest and simplest emotions had just sprouted and withered.

When he approached the big man for advice on the next step.

Ali was surprised to find

Big Brother and his men had been taken away in a special police car.

When he returned to the school, he found the big security guard and some students

packing up desks, chairs and office supplies

The school was unable to raise funds and eventually closed.

Even the big security guard had to pack up his family and leave with his wife and daughter

To the mental hospital

Ali could only watch his mother from a distance through the railing

The sky was cloudy and raining

The hope of getting his mother back seemed even more remote

The school was empty and no longer a school

Ali continued to explore and search for treasure

Because he was close to his goal

The school tunnel was only a wall away from the drainage channel

Ali was no longer worried about being overheard banging on the concrete wall.

When he was about to exhaust himself, the partition wall leading to the treasure was finally broken through.

Ali's spirit to expand the hole

And then try to put his arm inside to feel

It was raining heavily outside and the rain began to pour into the drainage channel

Ali's hand felt in the water for half a day did not feel the gold coins and jewelry

But felt a square white sealed plastic package

Ali looked at the package and cried in despair

It turned out that the big brother asked him to search for the package they were chased by the police

Ali cried out and threw the white powder into the water

Rain began to fill the channel

Ali safely back to the ground and face great danger

The earth collapsed blocking the passage desperate moment

The water washed away the old stalks of the channel

Ali was washed to safety

Ali was lucky to return to the ground when passing the building

He repaired the electric bell that Mr. Fei had half repaired by hand

The electric bell rang

But the whole school was empty

The sun was shining after the heavy rain

But the gloom in the children's hearts

It seems that it can no longer be dispelled

It's a subtle ending, just like the fade in of the title at the beginning of the film.

The poetic narrative style of Makidi is preserved.

The dynamic electric bell with the static school building drives people to think

For the millions of children living in poverty

What is the role of education

What is wrong with education in Iran?

This film won the top domestic film award in Iran

Faji Film Festival (Best Film and Best Screenplay) and other major awards

and entered the main competition of the Venice Film Festival

The film was eventually defeated by Chinese American director Zhao Ting's "Land of the Unwanted".

You may have sensed that Makidi has placed special emphasis on audio-visual effects in this film

while adding intense dramatic changes to a simple narrative thread

This makes the film more like a Hollywood-style commercial film

The film is almost completely free from the Iranian director's previous documentary style.

Some believe that this purely entertaining approach weakens the subject matter in a less Iranian way.

Others see the film as a bold breakthrough for Makidi and a sublimation of Iranian cinema.

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