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Chapter 1627 The Place Closest to Heaven
It's ironic, and also makes people feel upset.

Ali won the long-distance running championship. Everyone was happy for him, but the champion was the only one who felt extremely disappointed.

Everyone knows why he was disappointed. He just wanted that pair of sneakers. However, he tried his best to realize such a humble dream, but he still couldn't get what he wanted.

Just when everyone thought the movie ended here, the camera turned.

on the street.

Ali's father bought a bag of flour and walked out of the store. His bicycle was parked outside, and the back rack of the bicycle was loaded with many kinds of items, including vegetables, daily necessities... At the bottom were two pairs of brand new shoes. A pair of rose-red girls' shoes and a pair of white sneakers. He loaded the flour and pushed the bicycle along the street.

The audience watching the movie suddenly showed a look of surprise, followed by a knowing smile.

All is not so bad, is it?
At home, Sarah was washing the bottle by the water pipe when she heard the gate of the courtyard open with a clang. She looked in the direction of the sound. After a while, Ali walked out of the door slowly and leaned against the wall listlessly. Sarah smiled happily and stood up, looking forward to the surprise her brother would give her.

Ali's pants were worn with several holes, and he walked towards his sister dejectedly. Sarah looked at her brother's dirty appearance, and the smile on her face disappeared. She lowered her eyes to look at Ali's dirty sneakers, then raised her head and stared at him in silence. Ali sighed deeply with apology.

At this time, the sound of her younger brother crying came from the house, and Sarah quickly grabbed the bottle and rushed into the house.

Ali finally felt relieved. He bent down and drank a few sips of water from the pipe. Then he sat by the pool, took off his sneakers and threw them on the ground. The soles of the shoes had been worn out and could no longer be worn.

Ali's feet were covered with blisters of varying sizes, which had already ulcerated. He gritted his teeth to endure the excruciating pain and took off his socks.

Ali soaked his feet in the pool, hoping to temporarily relieve some of the pain.

The goldfish in the water gradually gathered around his feet, as if soothing his pain...

The ending of the film doesn’t give the audience a glimpse of what happens after Ali and Sarah get their new shoes, but it’s enough.

"Clap clap clap!"

Abbas suddenly stood up and clapped vigorously.

This movie does not have so much politics, so much irony, and even less preaching. It only has a touch of warmth, a touch of happiness, and a touch of sadness.

This is something they are not good at, but he thinks this kind of movie might be what they need most.

Perhaps such a movie cannot win higher awards, but such a movie does not have so much hostility. It is just telling everyone that here, in this "demonized" country, the lower-class civilians here may not be rich, but they do not lack happiness!

At the same time, filmmakers and film critics from all over the world were somewhat surprised.

I am surprised at this movie, surprised that it can be such a movie.

“It was shot honestly without any deliberateness, exhibitions or landscapes, but it was able to capture people’s attention and make them reflect – do movies really need those things? The goldfish pond scene at the end even had a bit of Zen, and it was so ordinary and simple, making the whole film suddenly transparent. How could it be so good!”

"It's really special! Although it's just a simple story, a very everyday story, it's very touching!"

"This is the funniest Iranian movie I've ever seen!"

Although "Little Shoes" will participate in the Iranian film festival, this film will also be released in other regions first.

Especially in China, film critics are the first wave of publicity.

In fact, everyone is no longer surprised by Li Yi making movies in other countries.

Soon, several film critics from China began to write articles all night long. Many movie fans in China had been eagerly waiting for first-hand information.

After all, it will take some time for this movie to be released, and it is not yet publicly shown anywhere else, so only these people can get first-hand information.

Du Xianghai was the fastest and sent the manuscript back to China as soon as possible.

“‘Little Shoes’, also known as ‘Children of Heaven’, is a very special film that tells the stories of children from ordinary families in Iran.

But even though it is not domestically produced and the environment is different, some things are consistent and can easily resonate with people.

When you were a child, did you ever have this experience: although you were not very old, you felt that every step you took was a checkpoint in life.

Your parents tell you that if you can’t go to a key primary school, you can’t go to a key middle school; if you can’t go to a key middle school, you can’t be admitted to a key university.

So you rack your brains to study and take exams diligently, not daring to take a wrong step.

The teacher tells you that not completing homework is the root of all evil, and being late and leaving early means lifelong laziness.

So even if you are one minute late, you will feel that the future is terrifying as if the sky is falling.

For public property, you are only allowed to contribute your personal belongings as supplies, and it is absolutely not allowed to suffer any loss or damage due to your personal use.

If you study well, you are a good student; if you study poorly, you must be a bad student.

Humility is desirable and pride is shameful.

When you can't tell the line between pride and self-confidence, you have to pretend to be humble even if it means being hypocritical.

If you damage other people's belongings, you have to pay compensation. Damaging new things bought by your parents is a serious crime of waste.

Everyone says, "At the age of three, you can see the future of a child; at the age of seven, you can see the future of a child of eighty." Therefore, as a child, you should always take responsibility for your eighty-year-old self, for the glory of your family, and for whether you will choose to be a good person or a bad person in the future.
It is under the heavy pressure of such responsibility that you unknowingly form your initial view of the world as either black or white, good or bad.

So I believe that even though you are no longer so innocent today - believing that life is a coin with only two sides to choose from - you have grown into an adult who can see more "gray areas" in life and will write sentences like "weakness is human nature, not despicable."

When you were a child, you must have been the kid who often pestered your parents to ask “Is the protagonist a good guy or a bad guy” while watching a movie.

It is not your naivety to be eager to distinguish between good and bad, positive and negative, but something that this impetuous society imposes on you. Therefore, our childhood is prone to collapse and despair. Adolescents love to write about the icy sadness in their articles. The crux of all this is our innocence and purity. We don’t know that there are actually many choices and many roads in life, and we don’t know that happiness actually has many entrances.

So, when I saw the little boy crying because he accidentally came in first and didn't get the third prize - a pair of small shoes for his sister, my heart was broken. I really wanted to jump into the movie and hug him, telling him that even without the pair of small shoes, he and his sister would still have a happy childhood, the world would still turn, and after crying, there would still be a new day with a calm and peaceful mood.

But I had no choice, because I thought of the pair of "little shoes" from my childhood - it was a beautiful pencil case, the brand new surface sparkling in the June sun. The physical education teacher said that as long as I got fourth place in the sports meet, I could get it, but I unscrupulously got second place, and felt lost amid the congratulations and hugs of everyone. Many years have passed, but the grievance is still there. Because at that moment, that pencil case was all my desires and all my happiness.

Even today, when I can’t be happy for long even with a brand new computer, MP3, DC and beautiful clothes, I still think of that beautiful pencil case from time to time, and think of my childhood self, who didn’t really want much. But every time I tried my best, I looked forward to getting what I needed with my efforts. If I didn’t get it, I would be % disappointed, but if I got it, I would be % happy, happy and refreshing.

But I can’t remember when the desire started to expand infinitely like a balloon filled with air. The balloon was a toy in the hands of the great dictator, floating in the air like an elusive cloud, and smashed into an insatiable desire when it fell to the ground. This is one of the many paradoxes of contemporary society - we laugh at the simplicity of children, but lament that the desires of adults are insatiable and people are treacherous, and they crave for purity that will never return. When we were young, a piece of candy could be a source of happiness; when we grow up, mountains of gold and silver can only make us toss and turn and frown.

It turns out that we don’t dislike simplicity when we grow up, but there are so many impure things attached to simplicity that the word “simple” is not worthy of it. No wonder there are so many products that claim to be “simple but not simple”, and simplification can become a selling point in the contemporary world. Today, we have grown up, and our hearts cannot be emptied or filled. We want so many things, but we will never cry for not having a pair of small shoes from our childhood. ”

Zhou Qingquan was equally impressive and soon finished a fresh manuscript.

"The camera suddenly slowed down, and Ali's blue sweatshirt swayed in the wind. His face was a little distorted due to nervousness, and his head swayed from side to side unconsciously as he followed his footsteps. Sweat unconsciously slid down his temples. In the silence, only the "thump" and "thump" sounds of footsteps and their heavy and rapid breathing due to lack of oxygen could be heard. When he was about to run out of strength, some words began to echo in his mind, "How can I go to school without shoes?" "Hurry up, Sarah, hurry up." "I will win the third place for you, I will." So I watched him take a very tense step, surpassing the person in front step by step. Step by step, as if he was desperate, tears fell in big drops.

That was a knot in Ali's heart. He owed his sister a pair of shoes, which were lost because of him. So he ran with all his strength, just to get the third place prize, a pair of sneakers. 9 meters is like a marathon for a -year-old child. He won the championship without any training or guidance. It was the hard and urgent life that made him what he is today, and it was the faith given to him by the deep love and responsibility that turned into the strength for him to persist in the most difficult times.

Run in the name of love. Live in the name of love.

A 9-year-old should be a carefree childhood, just like the little kid Ali saw in the rich area, swinging on a rattan chair with his teddy bear and looking at the blue sky. Ali, who came from a poor family, took on the responsibility of being a family member too early, but at the same time he also understood the most precious emotional connotation of a family, which is love and responsibility. He didn't tell his parents that he lost his sister's shoes, not because he was afraid of being punished, but because he knew that the family was in a bad situation and his mother was seriously ill, and raising this kind of question would only make things worse. He loves his parents, but he just hopes that they can have fewer worries and fewer worries.

Ali always felt guilty about his sister Sarah, and he tried his best to make it up to her. Ali, who had excellent grades, got a golden mechanical pencil, which he must have liked very much, as you can see from the way he carefully took it out and held it in his hand. But he gave the pencil to Sarah, and when he saw his sister smile, he also smiled happily. He has always been poor at expressing himself in words and can only smile foolishly, but his eyes are full of tenderness and love. This kind of tacit and warm feeling between brothers and sisters is always ignored in ordinary life, but it is so cherished in difficult times. He loves his sister, and just hopes that she can be happier and happier.

Because there was only one pair of Ali's sneakers, the two had to change to go to school. They exchanged in a hidden corner. Sarah ran from school, and Ali changed his shoes and ran to school. Because Sarah was delayed by various things on the way, Ali was late almost every time and was warned by the master. But he never said anything to Sarah about this. He loved his sister and would rather bear all the pressure and pain himself. When the director wanted to expel him from school for being late too much, he could not defend himself but cried silently. He suddenly didn't know how to talk about the bitterness and twists and turns in it.

Ali moved me the most in the whole film. His attentive and caring love for his sister, his understanding of his parents, and his responsibility to his family are feelings that are missing in ordinary families. We see that the harder life is, the more sincere the feelings of support for each other are.

"Little Shoes" conveys simple yet touching warmth to us everywhere. Love does not necessarily have to be expressed by gorgeous clothes and countless snacks. Love is when Ali finds that Sarah's pencil is too short for her little hand to hold it, he silently puts his pen in front of her.

When Ali returned home, his disappointed look made his sister walk away sadly. The sad champion took off his shoes that had worn out and put his swollen feet into the pool. At this time, a group of goldfish in the pond slowly came around. They surrounded Ali's feet and pecked gently, as if to comfort him, as if to congratulate him. In the faint sadness, Ali seemed to be a child of heaven. We can't see Ali's face under the beautiful lens. Maybe there are tears, self-blame and disappointment, but he doesn't know that on the road at this time, his father's old bicycle is carrying new shoes bought for Ali and his sister, a pair of white sneakers and a pair of red leather shoes that his sister dreamed of.
In the movie, Ali often shed tears; this thin little boy is strong and tolerant; and when his eyes were sparkling at this moment, I was deeply hurt.

There is always a stubborn light in Ali's clear eyes. This stubbornness makes Harry always keep the passion of working hard for his goal, and also explains many of his qualities. His love for his sister, his consideration for his parents, his love for learning, his respect for kindness and his own intelligence and wit are all from the heart and come naturally. This nature is so natural that at the end, the director can boldly leave disappointment to Ali and surprise to the audience. It is also this kind of ending that will make Ali leave a mark in our hearts. The place closest to God is not only in Jerusalem. Ali and his sister are children of heaven. They use their innocent and brave smiles to overcome the cruelty and coldness of reality. "

(End of this chapter)