The opening of "Cowherder's Spring" can be said to be very similar to "Cinema Paradiso".
This story is told through the child who once grew up and even became famous.
Many viewers who watched "Cinema Paradiso" showed knowing smiles.
The difference is that in Cinema Paradiso, Duoduo grew up and became a famous director, while Pierre in "Springtime of the Cowherd" became a famous conductor!
Of course, in "Cinema Paradiso" he returned home after learning about the death of the projectionist, but in "Spring of the Cowherd" it was his mother who died.
After attending his mother's funeral, Pierre returned to his residence.
Suddenly, a guest came outside.
He smiled and asked Pierre: "Do you still recognize me?"
Pierre obviously did not recognize him, after all, everyone's hair was turning white.
He reminded: "At the bottom of the pond!"
"My father will pick me up on Saturday!"
Seeing that Pierre still couldn't recognize it, he reminded him again.
But obviously too much time had passed, and they hadn't seen each other for too long, so Pierre still looked confused.
"Pepino!" He said his name!
When the name was read out, Pierre's dusty memory seemed to begin to gradually unblock, and he smiled: "I remember, of course I remember!"
"Pepino! How long ago was that?"
"Only fifty years!" said Pepino.
He brought a photo taken at the "Pondside" school!
The two sat there, looking at the photos and reminiscing about the past.
Pierre pointed to a little boy in the photo, and his memory revived. He remembered that the old man in front of him was his former classmate!
They then pointed to the superintendent standing next to them in the photo and asked, "He is the superintendent. What is his name?"
This opening is obviously very different from "Cinema Paradiso".
Alfredo in "Cinema Paradiso" can be said to be remembered by Toto for a lifetime.
And because of him, Toto never went back during his lifetime!
But in "Springtime of the Cowherd", Pierre no longer remembers this person's name.
"Clement Matthew!"
"Yes, what will he look like now?" Pierre said with a smile.
"Open!" Pepino picked up the photo, then handed the notebook underneath the photo to Pierre and said.
Pierre took the notebook and opened it. On the title page was written: "Pondside!" The name of the school.
"This is Matthew's diary, which he wrote when he was at the bottom of the pond! It records all his stories, and it is also our story!" Pepino said.
"This diary is for you! I wanted to give it to you on other occasions, but... I'll give it to you like this!" Pepino said again.
Pierre opened the first page of the diary, which had a hand-drawn picture of the gate of the school named "Pondside" back then!
From here, the movie officially enters Matthew's context.
"After years of failure in various places, I was convinced that worse was yet to come..."
"This is a boarding school specially established for the correctional education of troubled teenagers! At least that's what it claims to the outside world, Chidi! Even the name of the school seems to be tailor-made for me!"
A man with Mediterranean hair, the protagonist of the film, the superintendent, came to this school with his luggage.
There was a child standing there at the school gate, as if waiting for someone.
The gray sky, the indifferent half-open iron door, and a little boy hiding at the door were the first scenes he recorded in his diary.
This depressing first scene was painted on the title page of his diary with great care.
It's the beginning of everything.
"what are you doing here?"
"I'm waiting for Saturday!"
"Why?"
"Because my dad is coming to pick me up!"
When this little boy said this sentence, the audience obviously knew that he was Pepino!
"But today is not Saturday!" Matthew said.
At this time, someone from behind shouted "Pepino"!
Matthew took the opportunity to reveal his identity!
"Is this your first time as a school superintendent?" the visitor asked him.
"I used to teach in a private junior high school!"
"what class?"
"music class!"
"Then you will definitely get along well with Principal Ha Bin! He has played the trumpet before!"
"Really?" Matthew was a little surprised.
Three more girls walked over and greeted Pepino.
They are the principal's daughters.
At this moment, nothing seems to be different. This seems to be just an ordinary school.
This is also what Matthew and all the audience in the screening room are thinking at this moment.
However, everyone soon discovered that this was not the case.
On the first day he walked in here, Matthew realized the crisis of his situation.
Rather than saying "Pondside" is a re-education school for troubled teenagers, it is better to say that it is a prison full of violence and treachery.
Because the second student he saw when he entered the school, he was surprised, because the student was being punished corporally!
Fifteen days of public labor, that is, cleaning!
"What are the children here like?" Matthew couldn't help but raise his doubts.
How are children so special that they need to be punished in such a harsh way?
"Didn't anyone tell you?" the guard asked.
"No!" Matthew shook his head!
The guard said nothing and continued to lead the way.
Just when he was about to open the door to the infirmary, footsteps came from behind. It was Principal Ha Bin!
He is well dressed and does not look like the principal of the school.
He introduced himself, and Matthew quickly apologized, saying that he got the wrong timetable, so he was late.
But the principal was not polite at all, but said very seriously: "Punctuality is the basic rule here!"
The principal's reaction and attitude made many people frown, because it really made them feel more and more like the prison in "The Shawshank Redemption"!
And now here, the principal is the warden, so who are the prisoners?
Obviously all students are prisoners.
He took Matthew with him and told him the school rules and regulations!
But at this moment, a scream suddenly came, but it was the guard who covered his eyes, and the principal walked over angrily.
It turns out that he was injured by the prank played by the students here!
The principal said to Matthew angrily: "How "kind" our boarders are in nature!"
Obviously what he said was ironic!
At this time, the audience also felt that it didn't matter that the school would become like this and the principal would be so strict.
After all, if students actually engage in such a big thing, they are obviously not easy to manage!
He asked Matthew to ring the bell and let everyone gather!
"Perhaps we should call the doctor first!" Matthew couldn't help but said as he looked at the injured guard.
But what the principal said made him stunned: "Do you know how much it costs to see a doctor at home? I just told you, ring the bell and gather everyone!"
The principal is mean and mean.
Apparently he doesn't care about anything else but money!
The bell rang and the camera swept across the school. In fact, everyone had a feeling at this moment that this was not like a school at all, but like a prison.
Even the layout is no different from a prison.
The way of gathering is also very similar to that in a prison.
The students swarmed down from upstairs and gathered in the middle field amid the teacher's shouts.
Each of them took a look at Matthew's new face.
These students were indeed "problem students", and some even gave Matthew a nickname.
"Bald bullets, bald eggs..."
At this moment, people's hearts are complicated.
"If you make a mistake, you will be punished," the principal said.
This is the rule here!
He gave the students three seconds to confess!
"If the culprit is not found, then everyone will be detained for six hours, one by one! Until that person surrenders or is reported by others!"
But three seconds passed and no one confessed.
The principal seemed to be in a routine. He suddenly called Matthew over, took out the roster, and said that Matthew was the new superintendent!
"You're lucky he hasn't met you yet!"
Another student below shouted: "Bald Egg!"
"Then it's most fair for him to choose the first person to be punished. Please choose a name!"
With that said, he handed the roster to Matthew!
Matthew was still a little confused at this moment, and he almost didn't catch the roster.
Obviously, this method is something he has never been exposed to before!
The principal asked him to read any name on the roll call. The students who were called would have to admit that they were unlucky and accept the principal's punishment.
As a result, Matthew had no choice but to pronounce a name at random: "Boniface!"
The child was pulled out and he defended himself: "I didn't do anything. This is disgusting. I didn't do anything!"
But the teacher pulled him out directly and shouted: "Watch your words!"
And the principal continues to threaten, saying that if the person is not found, extracurricular activities will be canceled and visits will be banned. I advise you to expose him as soon as possible!
Matthew was very puzzled and asked the teacher beside him in a low voice: "Are you encouraging everyone to snitch!"
The principal was very dissatisfied when he heard this: "Like all newcomers, your unrealistic ideas are too kind! We will discuss this issue again in a week!"
He was taken to his residence by the superintendent named "Lei".
Matthew asked curiously: "Why do you want to leave here?"
Lei rolled up his sleeves and said: "Here, ten stitches! I was stabbed with scissors just because I confiscated Mu Dong's cigarettes!"
"Mu Dong?"
"There is a boy named Mu Dong!"
"Is he still here?" Matthew asked.
"I can tell you that it was Le Guerec who set the trap on the door. I heard him say it in the corridor just now!" Ray said, picking up the suitcase and leaving.
"Didn't you say anything?" Matthew wondered.
"It's a long story, I don't want to miss the car because of this! Mark once punished him because he broke the tiles, this is revenge, very much his style!" Ray said as he walked away.
He told Matthew to remember the name.
"And Morangjie, he doesn't talk much, but beware of him!"
"The face of an angel, the heart of the devil, mistakes and punishment, this is the only thing that has an effect on them!"
"When I leave, they will be left to you. I wish you good luck!" Lei said before leaving.
Through this plot, many viewers also understood what this school is like.
The principal has made this place a prison-like existence, and teacher Lei also said that the students here are all problem students, and the problems are huge. Only making mistakes and punishing them will be effective for them!
And what happened before, such as the janitor Mark being stabbed by a trap and Ray being stabbed by scissors, obviously there is something wrong with the students here.
In fact, many viewers can guess the plot that follows.
In such a school, with such students, Matthew, the new teacher, will definitely not be able to escape being pranked in his first class!
Sure enough, when Matthew entered the classroom for the first time, he was teased by students one after another, causing the whole class to burst into laughter.
No one obeyed his orders; they laughed at his bald head, his squat stature, and his embarrassment in trying to maintain his dignity and not lose his temper.
To be honest, many viewers couldn't help but shake their heads when they saw this scene. They even understood the principal's approach.
It seems that such students are really hopeless!
Obviously, at this time, no one is teaching children what respect is.
Until the principal walked in, everyone stood up subconsciously and stopped smiling. No one dared to do this in front of the principal!
"Well done from the beginning, congratulations, Matthew, please sit down!" The principal's words seemed like an edict here.
All the students suddenly became obedient and good children!
"I think so. What did he do?" he suddenly asked Matthew.
Because Matthew just happened to catch a student.
However, Matthew was different from others. He said: "Nothing, Mr. Principal!"
His words surprised the children next to him.
"What do you mean "nothing?" Aren't you going to punish him?"
"No, I just wanted to ask him to answer questions on the blackboard! When you came in, I was about to ask them to quiet down!" Matthew said quickly.
"You really need to do this! I hope I don't need to come here again!" the principal said.
The principal is gone.
Matthew asked the child to stand in the corner!
"Okay, I'm a little more familiar with you now. One thing must be made clear. At this moment, one of your classmates is in solitary confinement, but he didn't do anything. Maybe it seems that I can be easily fooled, but that's not the case.
So, I know who the real perpetrator is and I give him 15 seconds to come forward!"
Fifteen seconds passed, and no one from the students took the initiative to come forward.
He directly called the other party's name: "Le Guellec!"
Unexpectedly, it turned out to be the student he had just punished by standing in the corner.
"So it was you who hurt Mark's eye?"
"No, not me!"
"I'm not asking you, I know you are it!"
"But I didn't do anything!"
"The principal will know how to tell the difference between the words of the two of us! When I am away, I need to find someone who looks serious to take care of the class. If I think it is reliable, this serious student should be none other than Morangjie!
"Matthew said.
This answer is equally surprising.
In fact, the audience was also surprised. After all, they had heard this name before.
