Grand Central Station, one of the best movies in the world, tells the joys and sorrows of life, interwoven with the joy, pain, shock and forbearance of life. The Road to Self-Salvation under the Melody of Compassion 1998 Producer and Director: Walter Salles Starring: fernanda montana, Gloria Bella Vinícius de Oliveira Golden Bear Award, Best Actress Award, Best Foreign Language Film Award at the 56th Golden Globe Award, Best Foreign Language Film at the 7th1Oscar and actress nomination lens, the vast land of South America keeps turning, and noisy cities and desolate villages are on the scene. Joshua, who is obsessed with finding his father, sticks to a beautiful dream: his father is a tall and burly man, and finding him means finding happiness. Dora, calloused by the hardships of life, is like a sharp knife that punctures the bubble: in the adult world, there is no dream, and after hope, it is unbearable despair. But two people looking together, just like the two poles of life: innocence and old age, joy and sadness, are led to the unknown end by a seemingly endless road. Dora and Joshua, who is the savior? Who guides another person to a new life? In the Bible, the Lord said to Joshua, Moses' assistant, "My servant Moses is dead. Now, get up, cross this Jordan with all the people and go to the land I have given to the Israelites. It was this prophet named Joshua who led the Israelites back to their homeland and rebuilt their beautiful homeland. After years of political turmoil and economic crisis, the Brazilian people silently look forward to getting rid of suffering and finding the road to happiness again. Grand Central Station may imply this heavy meaning: "The boy wants to find his father and the old woman wants to find a home. This country must find its own roots. " Most of Walter Sahel's works involve the theme of seeking origin and self-discovery, which is particularly evident in his film Grand Central Station. Grand Central Station is a warm and moving sketch with a new realism style, which conveys the compassion in the film with a sentimental atmosphere and delicate brushwork. In an atmosphere of religious worship, the whole country is looking for it. In the process of searching, the distance between people has been narrowed, and the gap between hearts has gradually dissipated. -Will Roger, a famous Hollywood film critic. We live in an era of concentrated material achievements, but what it lacks is so deadly. Human beings are educated as simple-minded admirers, who know the beauty of luxury, but learn to laugh and be cautious. The most satirical things in cities are love and trust, sympathy and tolerance. Sometimes movies are human teachers. They teach people to respect things with meticulous lenses, gentle light, silent expressions, tears and laughter, such as Grand Central Station. Dora and Joshua are two lines, on and off. Children try to impress and forget with innocence, and old people are used to sticking to it with vicissitudes. Finally, in the worship of the Virgin of Lights, what is presented to us is that this country and the whole human being hidden behind it are finally looking for hope and love. Dora left before dawn. They have all completed their spiritual journey, learned to miss, learn to remember, and learn to love and believe. -Yuan Qu, a famous film critic, in terms of film style, this film can be said to be a short-circuit film, which explains the process of finding relatives and homes for young and old, and digs deep into the theme of contemporary Brazilians looking for self-identity. Among many "root-seeking" movies, Grand Central Station has caused many strange sufferings and is full of appeal with its unique techniques. -Film critic Jin Tianxing At the entrance of the waiting hall of the railway station in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Dora, a former female teacher in her fifties, set up a writing desk to write letters to illiterate passengers. Write a letter to 1 yuan, and add 1 yuan if necessary. However, at night, she often takes home the letters she has received on behalf of others, opens them one by one with her neighbor Irene, makes a joke, and then sends out the letters that she thinks are important, while other letters are locked in the drawer or simply thrown away. If they don't agree, they will put them in the drawer and decide another day. Dora, who has been calloused by the hardships of life, is so indifferent to the wishes of others. On this day, Anna brought her 10-year-old son Joshua to invite Dora to write, because Joshua really wanted to meet his father Jesus. The next day, Anna and Joshua came to the station again and dictated the second letter to their father. Anna finally spit out the words accumulated in her heart: in fact, I love you in my heart. Come back, we won't argue anymore ... However, Anna just walked out of the station and was knocked down by a speeding bus when crossing the road. Poor Joshua has been alone ever since, and now the only person he knows is Dora. Dora took him home, but Joshua didn't know that Dora had sold him to traffickers. That night, Dora fell asleep with her new TV set. When her conscience condemned her, Dora's conscience made her repent and she saved Joshua from the jaws of death. Driven by motherhood, Dora promised to take Joshua to the northeast to find his father. At first, they always quarreled. Dora called Joshua a "nasty bad boy", while Joshua replied that Dora was an "ugly old woman without lipstick" ... However, with the long-distance bus running on the vast land of Brazil, the feelings between Joshua and Dora are slowly changing. Joshua no longer hates this vicious mother-in-law, and Dora gradually finds the tenderness that she has forgotten for many years, and there is a mother-child attachment between them. Along the way, Dora and Joshua experienced many hardships, but they all managed to overcome them. They also met a kind driver and spent a short and happy time together. Dora also put on lipstick and rouge for the first time. She thought she had found a long-lost love, but in the end, the truck driver left her and she still missed it. She felt very depressed. Joshua learned to comfort others. He even said to Dora, "Your makeup is beautiful ..." Dora led Joshua not far from Wan Li, and finally arrived at the address Anna had mentioned, only to learn that Joshua's father and his family had moved away. At this time, the two were penniless and had to sleep on the street. Fortunately, they just happened to catch up with the local grand festival-Holy Mother's Day. Many people want to give their most sincere wishes to the Virgin Mary. Joshua found it possible to write letters here to earn money, so Dora started her old job. That night, they made a lot of money and were very happy. The next day, they went to a nearby town and finally found Joshua's family, but his father Jesus left home to find Joshua and his mother, and Joshua's half-brothers Isaiah and Moses warmly took him in. Dora left happily and returned to Rio de Janeiro's Central Station to rekindle the torch of hope for people. Grand Central Station: Where is the return trip? The Brazilian film Grand Central Station has been praised as one of the "best movies in the world" by film critics all over the world. People's comments on this film are: The extraordinary thing about Grand Central Station is that it is such a film: when it touches your heart, it is talking to your brain. Because the story scenes of this film mostly appear on the highway, it is called "road film". Just like the name of the movie-"Grand Central Station", it's just where the hero and heroine meet. The crowd meets by chance, the future is unknown, the road is long, and the story goes on like this ... that "station" will always be behind us. Dora said that once she asked her father, "Do you know me? Will you remember me forever? " Her father died later. Joshua's father Jesus wrote home: "Wait for me, I will go home soon." Joshua said, "He will come back one day." Dora said, "You are right. He will come back one day. " Going home, what a comforting and warm word, different people are so different! Where is home? Jesus is also like a mystery in the film, which has never appeared from beginning to end, so it has become a totem about "home". Children are always looking for, always looking for the way home … but the way home is so long! Fortunately, there are other new discoveries and touches in the process of searching. As a result, "father" faded out. Looking for, losing, and finding again, isn't this also the life process that we pursue and yearn for to return? In the main theme of the film's compassion, the joys and sorrows of life are intertwined and passed on to the audience, and then the audience becomes the people in the play. While experiencing their search, loss, joys and sorrows, they also complete a dialogue with themselves. ? ★● The above is compiled and reproduced by jrliu78, and must be marked ●★