"Little Shoes" is not a commercial blockbuster, and it is also an affair film. It can be said that if Li Yi's fame was not there, it would be difficult for this movie to even be released in theaters.
And even if it is accepted, the film schedule is actually not too much, but it is enough for a movie like this.
The feedback from fans has been very good.
"Everything is just as the introduction says, and nothing goes beyond this story. Director Li Yi knows how to tell a touching story well, and he only focuses on the story. Ali's tears, and his silent expression when he won the award, in the end
The climax of "The Movie" is quite touching. It's really the acting skills that only the children of heaven can have. People have to imagine that maybe this is really a true documentary, the most beautiful run!"
"I have seen the best running performance in movies - silent running."
"Youth's love is untainted by any impurities and is crystal clear. I think this is one of the themes that this movie wants to express. Of course, living with dignity can still have such a quiet and happy life. The film is for adults
Many don’t see the perspective through which to view the world!”
"Ali's running has no speed of life and death, only touching family affection. I really like the director's final upgrade, where the background sound effects are completely replaced by Ali's breathing, which is pure and simple. The price of a pair of sneakers in the film is actually not as much as a set of stationery.
The good father finally bought a pair of new shoes for the kind brother and sister. Fortunately, not bad, it was a fairly "happy" ending."
"Director Dog knows movies, especially the expression of class differences in the movie is very interesting. The Ali family is extremely poor, what are the rich people doing? It is reasonable to fire the dean of students at will; living alone
A left-behind family in a bungalow, the children know how to share, and the old man is very kind. However, in the opening scene, the landlord scolds Ali's mother for using too much water in her laundry, and built a large pool in the middle of the yard just to raise a few goldfish. The goldfish were close to Ali's scar-covered house.
Feet, swaying, leisurely, this is the last shot of the movie."
"Poverty is really a terrible enemy. No matter how small a wave is, it can turn into a huge wave. The moment the brakes fail, it can be more frightening than watching any Hollywood blockbuster. I always feel that once poverty is taken for granted, any joy in life will be like a joke.
.The camera always jumps between the rich and the poor. Even with a gentle tone, it is still realistic and cruel. But fortunately, despite the difficulties, the brother and sister can still retain their precious kindness and tolerance. I especially like the little girl Sarah,
I especially couldn’t bear to let her suffer the second half of the injustice because she was sensible, and the ending was really good.”
"Many people don't have a good impression of Iran, and the movies they are exposed to are all kinds of satirical movies. Maybe everyone has such a bad impression of this country, and their directors always like to make movies that satirize class antagonisms and expose social problems.
The movie has a lot to do with it. Director Li Yi taught them a lesson very seriously. It turns out that movies don’t need to be satirical, confrontational, or preachy. This movie is, as always, Director Li Yi’s style. When boys come first
The first time I told my sister that I lost my shoes, I also cried. When my sister dropped her shoes into the ditch and chased the water, I cried again. I deeply understand the feeling of the sky falling. I don’t know what praise is but praise, I
I only know that this film about a distant place and ethnic alienation is so close to my heart."
"We have nothing and no idea of giving up. Many times, maybe we are just pursuing something that some people disdain, because the world is inherently unfair, but the struggle and growth in the pursuit will give us what we have in our hearts.
The joy of wearing shoes is something that no one can take away from us."
"A simple, quiet, and clean life film. Although it presents the ups and downs of the lower class people in Iran, it is not sensational or pretentious. It does not sell suffering or exaggerate class conflicts. The performances of the young actors are real and natural, and there are various branch lines and plots with national characteristics.
The details make the film exciting enough to watch. The street running and racing scenes are textbook-level shooting, and the ending where the goldfish kisses the boy's feet is quite Zen-like."
It can be said that this movie truly received rave reviews.
Famous Hollywood film critic Larry Brown also wrote a long review specifically for this film: "To be honest, many impressions of Iran come from news reports and their movies.
The impression of Iran is war, oil, backwardness, poverty, etc. Similarly, for this country's movies, there are many outstanding directors who are emerging internationally, but their movies always give people the feeling that they are blindly
Irony, blindly revealing, blindly expressing various dissatisfactions, making people sincerely feel, oh, so their country is like this!
But this time, the miracle director from China taught them a lesson.
In fact, just like the sense of China and the impression of Chinese films, in the late 1990s and the beginning of the 21st century, it can be said that to some extent, it was no different from Iran.
I had never been to China at that time. I had the impression that it was a mysterious and ancient country. At that time, the Internet was not as developed as it is now. Many of us even thought that they still had long braids. We
Little do I know that their economy is developing at a rapid pace and there are many high-rise buildings. There are even many cities that are as good as ours.
Talking about the movie, "Little Shoes", after watching it, I remembered the clear eyes of the two young actors.
At the beginning of the film, a long shot is used to show the process of repairing shoes, and it is made clear from the beginning that this is a story caused by shoes. The film mainly tells the story of a poor family in Iran, where brother Ali lost his sister's shoes.
In order for his sister to have shoes to wear to school, the brother and sister took turns wearing a pair of shoes to school. The third place in a competition was awarded a pair of sneakers, but by chance, the brother came first. At the end of the last open ending, Ali's feet were soaked.
In the water, a school of fish swam over and kissed his feet...
This chapter is not finished yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! As a film with a strong narrative, music appears relatively rarely, but it should not be underestimated. Most of the music used in this film is
Pure music with a cheerful rhythm. For example, the process of a brother and a sister washing shoes and blowing bubbles paired with lively music can not only show the two people's cherishment of their children, but also reflect the innocence of children of their age. Another example is
The younger sister looks at everyone's shoes on the playground. The use of subjective shots and soothing music allows the viewer to directly understand the importance of shoes to this little girl. There is also a slightly sad and helpless lyrical music in the film, such as
On their way back from gardening work, a father and son crashed into a tree due to brake failure and were pulled home by a truck. The camera first showed a panoramic view and then expanded into a long shot. The father and son seemed so out of place on the highway. From the look in the father's eyes
What we read was deep helplessness.
It can be said that this movie can make people laugh with tears, and be moved with joy.
First of all, the great family love permeates the entire film. Family love is the most inseparable and the greatest emotion that people can't let go of.
There is also the child's indomitable pursuit and belief in never giving up. More importantly, the director's humanistic care for the people at the bottom of society restores the appearance of society itself. I have always believed that watching a movie can help you understand a country and a country.
In addition to the local customs and folk customs, it is more about enlightening one's own heart and sublimating emotions. I wonder why the director's intention is to focus on shoes that are inconspicuous to us. Watch the whole film from the scene of the brother and sister running.
It can be concluded that in such an underdeveloped and unopened country, the school has separate classes for boys and girls. Not only do girls have to be tightly wrapped from head to toe, but they must also wear a headscarf. After unifying the whole body, they only have shoes to choose from.
It is a symbol of sovereignty and freedom. There is also a touching fragment in it, which can reflect the goodness of human nature. My father is making candy, and my mother asks if we have any more at home? No, but I won’t take one because it is for sacrifice...
Perhaps it is the director's concern for these humanities and his praise of the goodness of human nature that makes this film so unique.
Shoes are a magical necessity of life. Those who are barefoot and those who wear shoes are naturally divided into two social classes. Even within the shoe-wearing class, the differences in shoe materials, workmanship, price and maintenance status are clearly visible.
It reveals the status, power, wealth and even the quality of family relationships of the owner of the shoes.
In terms of theme, "Little Shoes" does not focus on the speculation and expression of right and wrong in romantic supremacy. This Iranian film pays attention to reality, small mortals, love and commitment with an almost pure attitude and technique. Although it is not interested in beauty.
The concern and concern for human nature and universal values is not surprising, but no work that can be called a classic can escape from this. From this perspective, "Little Shoes" is also one of the best examples.
In terms of story expression, "Little Shoes" insists on realism to the extreme. The film starts from the description of suffering and shows the audience what the little boy Ali's family did in the face of a tragic fate.
The more ordinary the suffering is, the more tormenting it is. This so-called ordinary suffering is composed of the three most powerful negative forces in the world: poverty, disease and accidents. The nine-year-old boy Ali lives in this most ordinary suffering.
.The movie describes the poverty and embarrassment of the whole family through the unfolding of the plot. The father works hard outside to make ends meet for the whole family. The mother is suffering from illness and has to take care of everything at home. The little boy Ali loses his sister Sarah's only daughter due to an accident.
A pair of pink girls' shoes was lost. The family's financial situation could not tolerate such an unexpected loss. Ali had to beg his sister to hide the incident from her parents. For this reason, the little brother and sister had to take turns wearing a pair of Ali's worn-out sneakers when they went to school.
The creation of dramatic conflicts is methodical and reasonable. From then on, the lives of the two little brothers and sisters are dominated by a pair of shoes. The two children have to endure the disrupted life and the constant misunderstandings. In order to take turns wearing shoes to go to school, every day's life is full of chaos.
It became a relay race.
In fact, Sarah's pair of shoes were not really missing. The two brothers discovered and tracked the whereabouts of the shoes. At the corner of the wall, the two brothers witnessed the situation of the little girl's family of three who got the shoes. The family's
The father is blind, and the family lives in even more embarrassing poverty. The scene where Ali and Sarah look at each other is so great, and the performances of the two young actors without professional training are equally great. A kind of pure kindness makes the little brother and sister
After giving up the idea of recovering for shoes, every expression of Ali and Sarah was so convincing. This scene is one of the highlights of the entire movie, and it is an important link in the plot. Ali has stopped at this point.
The desire to find the shoes, the two brothers and the whole family will be pushed by fate to develop in another direction.
After the movie showed the piety of the poor through a scene of religious activities, Ali's father seemed to have good luck because of his honesty and piety. First, someone funded Ali's father with a set of gardening tools so that he could get a gardening job with a relatively better income.
.Then the father and son even got a job to tidy up the garden and were treated well by a kind-hearted rich man. More importantly, the reward from the rich man exceeded the father and son's expectations. So on the way home, the father and son began to admire the changes in their future family life.
The father dreams of bringing more things to the family, but the little boy has only one wish: to buy a new pair of shoes for his sister Sarah.
The father carried the little boy on his bicycle, with smiles on their faces. However, unfortunate fate struck again. When going down a steep slope, the father and son could not control the bicycle, which had broken the brakes, and crashed into a big tree.
, his father was injured and missed work, and saw that Ali’s wish to buy a pair of shoes for his sister was about to come to nothing. The night after returning home, the injured father and the sick mother were discussing the landlord’s demand for rent. Ali, who was pretending to sleep, turned his back to his parents.
Listening to the parents discuss this another hurdle that cannot be overcome, the eyes in the close-up shot are full of fear and worry for the family.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The film's narrative is mainly straightforward, with few clues, and it is handled in an orderly manner. The film's lens language is simple and unpretentious, but full of fascinating magic.
The two brothers and sisters, who take turns wearing shoes to go to school, are still running like a relay race. Ali's pair of shoes are the baton, passing it on to keep life going. Of course, fate does not always tear up beautiful things.
A real tragedy. Ali's school released a piece of good news. Preliminaries for the city's primary school long-distance running competition have begun. The final prizes are generous. The winner's prize is a three-week vacation camp and sportswear, and the runner-up's prize is a two-week vacation camp and a day of sportswear.
A set of stationery, and the prize for the third runner-up is a one-week holiday camp and a pair of sneakers.
Ali's eyes were filled with the pair of sneakers awarded as the third place prize. This was the best opportunity for him to fulfill his promise to his sister. Ali prayed to the physical education teacher to give him a chance to sign up, and the physical education teacher opened a website and gave him a chance to try out.
The weak Ali began to run on the playground for the first time, and the background music brought a cheerful melody. As an audience, we burst into tears during this melody.
The plan developed in the direction Ali hoped for. He finally stood on the finals. The opportunity to fulfill his promise to his sister was within reach. All Ali had to do was run, run with all his strength, and become the third person to reach the finish line.
. He has a weak but tough physique that is common among poor people, and the experience of running every day. While other children are fighting for honor and victory, he is fighting for commitment and responsibility.
What reason does fate have not to reward this weak but strong soul? After walking on the five-kilometer long track paved with wishes and breaths, Ali finally became the first winner to cross the finish line, and he became the champion, and
Not third place. In the flash of the camera, he lowered his head, shed tears, and remained silent amidst the cheers of the crowd.
Fate once again seems to be at odds with this child whose burden is asymmetrical to his actual age.
Ali returned home dejectedly and faced his hopeful sister Sarah with silent guilt.
Ali took off his completely broken shoes and soaked his feet worn out by long-distance running into the pool in the center of the yard. A group of goldfish came around and the curtain came to an end. I shed tears, not out of cheap sympathy for the suffering, but out of sympathy for the suffering.
A purely physiological response to something beautiful.”
