How to go home: I am a bug, but my heart turns to the stars.

The civilians living in that small town in Lebanon have no identity, but drag out an ignoble existence and comfort their wandering hearts by praying for God's blessing when necessary.

But Zan said, "I thought we would grow up, become good people and be loved and respected by many people, but God didn't want us to be like this. He wants us to be trampled like carpets. "

Lebanon is a little-known country. In a small town in this country, the bottom is full of hard workers.

This time, Lebanon co-produced this film with France and the United States. Most of the actors in the story were selected by the director in the slums of Syria. The director wants them to really experience this kind of life.

After coming out of the cinema, the most intuitive feeling of most viewers is that the camera panicked, right? The director used a lot of slow or fast shots to reflect the emotional changes of the actors. In addition, this technique also plays the simplest role of shaking the camera-increasing the sense of reality.

Not only shaking shots, but also a lot of follow-up shots are used in the film, from the perspective of overlooking or looking up, and even from the perspective of voyeurism.

This shooting technique of shooting from behind allows the camera and the audience to pursue the inner world of the movie characters together, and a large number of follow-up shots make the movie like a documentary, which shows that this is a film type between documentary and novel.

The film begins with the background music of sadness, plus the lens combination of Zan's living environment conditions, and finally illustrates the story background through the panoramic view of the whole town. From this moment on, the emotions of the audience were brought in.

The next scene is Zan taking his parents to court, "because they gave birth to me." In the way of narration, the director used a very common interpolation technique.

In the middle of the film, three court scenes are added to three nodes, and the three protagonists: father, Laura and mother make monologues according to their respective emotional levels.

The first court:

Father: "We can't be blamed this time." Here, a smooth horizontal close-up is used to present his current state.

Zan's mother used to take Zan to see his brother in prison, which shows that their children are not in prison for the first time, and the reason must be related to them.

Then he said with dignity, "I shouldn't have children and I shouldn't get married." Ironically, Zan's mother finally got pregnant again. Who did this?

The second court:

Lah: In stating her experience, the judge found that she knows Arabic completely, which means that she has lived here for a long time, but she still has no aboveboard position in this country.

The third court:

Mother said to the lawyer, "How dare you judge me? What qualifications do you have ... they are my children, and only I am qualified to judge me. "

At this time, the lawyer sitting in front needs to turn around and talk to her because of the seat. Although it is a geographical reason, it also implies that these people who have never experienced that kind of life have never paid attention to the lives of the poor.

Mother's monologue tells the hardships and difficulties of ruffians. Let the audience empathize and name the theme.

The climax of the story focuses on the fate of a more tragic class in refugee areas-women.

Zan's sister Saha was sold to Assad as his wife. Zan wants to save her, but no matter how determined his heart is, his young body can't beat his parents. He just watched his sister being taken away, except to hear "Go away, you bastard".

He left and saw the playground. He chose to get off. He is only a child of 12 years old. Here, I remind the audience that he also likes to play and has a playful mentality.

After arriving at the amusement park, he took the Ferris wheel first. With the rise of the Ferris wheel, his vision becomes wider and wider. He saw a more complete and beautiful overseas scenery, but he was not happy. Zan's confused eyes rotate with the Ferris wheel, which more vividly depicts his down and out fate at the moment.

Then he stripped off the clothes of the female sculpture on the amusement facilities and let her go topless. From the perspective of naughty children, the director uses this exaggerated technique to express his ideas-liberating the oppression and bondage of women.

He met Rach, who was in the same bad situation. Like Zan, she is a "mouse" with no identity in this country. She is still strong and alive, with children who can't be known by others.

One of the clips that caught the audience's heart most was that Jonas's crying, the long and harsh voice, would make the audience feel uncomfortable after Rahl was arrested. Jonas's crying is a symbol of every hero's crying in the movie, sad and helpless.

But other heroes in the movie don't cry like Jonas. When they are afraid, they pray for God's blessing.

After the promise to marry Saha to Assad, there were no lines in the scene, only heavy background music and scenes constantly changing from top to bottom: father lying on the sofa, sitting mother, sleeping child, lying praise. ...

This is a gaze, which finally points to the crossroads in the street. Obviously this is also a top-down shot, so who is watching all this? I think it's the audience.

That cross is the God they believe in, and the movie mentions "God" six times.

When I went to see Zan's brother in prison, my mother said: God bless;

Zan is going to school, and his father said, God bless me, I will go and see it tomorrow.

Mei Sen, a little girl who bought paper, said to the customer: May God bless you;

In their hearts, God is their belief and motivation to do everything.

But when Zan asked her sister if she wanted to get married, her mother said, "I swear to God, I won't." It can be seen that the God in the mother's heart is not so holy. More is just her inner comfort.

When I finally went to see Zan, my mother said, "God took one thing from you, and he will give you another. I am pregnant again. "

This poor family will only get worse because of the arrival of this child, and the fate of this child will be like praise. When he grows up, he will only remember violence, abuse, humiliation and beatings. So is this really a gift from God? The answer is no, this is punishment.

Earlier, I saw a film review title of this film on the Internet, saying, "There is no God in the world, and you and I are both ants."

Worm refers to moles and ants, represents tiny creatures, and is a metaphor for people with weak strength or low status. Ants are very light, and they will float away when the wind blows. Just like the characters in the movie, they have no identity and will be deported once they are found.

However, at the end of the movie, Zan holds an ID card, and in the photo, it is his smile.

This is what the director finally wants to express: "I am an ant but my heart is towards the stars."