Running, in the name of love

Rating: 10/10 (13 May 2020)

The camera suddenly slowed down, and Ali's blue sweatshirt shook and swayed in the wind. His face was deformed due to nervousness, his head unsteadily swaying from side to side following his footsteps, and the sweat slipped unconsciously along the temples. In the silence, I could only hear the sound of "tap" and "tap" in the footsteps and their breathing which was thick and rapid due to lack of oxygen. When there was almost no energy, some words began to echo in his mind. "How can I go to school without shoes?" "Come on, Sarah, hurry." "I will win the third place for you, definitely." So I looked at He took a very tense step, surpassing the previous ones step by step. Step by step, as if desperately, tears dripped down.
It was a depression in Ali's heart. He owed his sister a pair of shoes, which he lost because of him. So he used all his energy to run, just want to get the third prize, a pair of sneakers. Five thousand kilometers is like a marathon to a 9-year-old child. He has never received any training or guidance and won the championship. It was the hard and pressing life condition on weekdays that created him, and the conviction given to him by deep love and responsibility turned into the strength of his persistence in the most difficult times.
Running, in the name of love. Life, in the name of love.

The tone of the film has always been calm and calm, clean, without excessive words and emotions, like the clear eyes of Iranian children. The life of the people at the bottom is bitter. A family with three children has been overwhelmed by the pressure of life. My mother was seriously ill and my father complained constantly. However, no one in this family has lost confidence in life and is not disoriented. They have the collective expression of poor people all over the world, cowardly, kind, and forbearing. They silently endured the difficulties of life, and silently released their inner strong nature. They won't crumble and collapse because of a little setback. Because resistance and struggle are actually not the subject of life. As long as they can afford it, they will definitely not break out. People at the bottom of life will always bear the humiliation most. However, this film is far from, or not intended to tell us all at all. Unlike many political films we have seen, it tells us that such deep-seated social causes. If you superficially speculate on the director's mind and wait to understand the real intention of the film, you will definitely be ashamed and feel sad for your institutionalized brain consciousness.
The film does not discuss equality, freedom, or simply does not want to be entangled in topics that are seriously concerned in the institutional sense. In front of life, the director only opened one eye, calm and objective. Yes, life is not fair. Even a seemingly equal long-distance race has a vicious hand pulling behind. But Ali got up again, he just wanted to run, and as long as he was running third, what a sad black humor.
Please remember that such a director, he may be very happy to be friends with people like Zhuangzi, thinking of high house building, freehand and ethereal, full of humanity, the glory of the naked child. He didn't want to tell us how cruel our lives were, or suggested that we resist all kinds of arrangements. He probably didn't want to tell us anything at all. He just showed us the peaceful and gentle side of humanity, shaming us, thinking deeply, and encouraging us.