10.21.2007

May and August



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I saw a movie this morning which was really touched my heart. The name of this movie was''May and August'' which was directed by Raymond To in Hong Kong. It's a movie about the war-the massacre in Nanjing which happened in China in December of 1973. The major characters were two sisters who's names were May and August. They were lived happily with her parents in Nanjing. However, the outbroke of the war totally destroyed their lives. May's father was killed by the Japaneses and her mother also sacrificed for protected of them. May had to took up the big responsibility of taking care of her younger sister. After some difficult days, May's uncle found the two sisters. He bought them away form the Refugee camp and moved to another city to lived with him. Unfortunately, the city they moved with their uncle was quickly controlled by Japaneses. May's uncle was killed by bombing. The two sisters were left behind again and they had to learn to be strong to face all the upcoming challenges in this difficulty situation. There were so many movies talking about the massacre in Nanjing, however, this was a movie inquired this cruel historical event in the aspect of child. There were tears fulled on my face while seeing May was forced to left her mother behind and ran away. It was so scared and helpless while hearing the screaming of her mother in back of her. The strengthen she behaved after losing her parents also moved my heart. But the stronger she showed the deeper of helpless was appeared. I thought that this movie wanted to tell the audiences the horrible and cruel of wars and the hurt of one's heart even families. The screen which impressed me the most was the last screen of the whole movie. It was said that parents were all killed by guns and bombs and their corpses were burned by fire. The ashes were blowed to the sky by wind then falled to the ground by rain and finally flowed into the Long River. So the children who lost their parents and relatives were all stood by the Long River, they yelled and said goodbye to their parents. The sorrowful music and the yelling of children let the movie ended at the circling around sorrow.

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