The Breadwinner
I mean, first look at this pic and tell me whether this looks promising or not:
Whether or not you agree with that, I for one was interested.
Okay, that was a white lie. I saw this picture first:
And thought "A powerful little girl associated with being the financial supporter of a family, I'm sold." but it doesn't scrape the fact that the first picture was just as interesting - the background itself set everything; tone, scene, time. In any case, you get why I was drawn into this movie.
I'm not doing any sort of review that explains the whole premise and plot etc, I'm just voicing my opinions on the movie. For this, I might as well add that there might be spoilers.
Set in 2001 under Taliban rule in Afghanistan, women weren't allowed to do pretty much anything without a man by their side. They required their husbands or brothers to even walk out of the house and if caught alone and refuse to return home, get a solid whipping. (There are more rules that I disagree upon but I'll leave that to you to research)
It's an animation, let us remind ourselves. I was not prepared to see whipping, wars or shooting of any sort. I believed kids animations would not show that type of violence, but i was mistaken. My perspective on the movie changed. I was now seeing it in the light of reality, in the setting of truth.
I'm no good with words but I felt something in my chest while watching it. From having her father taken away, to providing for her family under disguise, to being the most annoying lil' shit with all of her nuisance questions to something deeper - getting her father back, no matter what it takes.
I think the part that really kept me sitting was the pungent smell of misogyny that stayed in the movie. It was so strong, "What is a woman doing outside of the house?", searching for a woman to marry when she was a mere titless child, I was bloody flabbergasted. Took my breath away. Would have slapped him and gave him a whiff of my arse if anything. (Of course, I understand that I would have probably died after that considering the consequences of my actions)
I do have a lot of emotion for the movie, especially leading up to the end, because we never got to see if the family found each other. We just see her strolling along with her father and then a cut scene of the mother and daughter who refused to leave. But a war was going on, wasn't it? It was still going on and it ended just like that, a war set loose and a family separated.
Whether or not it was intentional to end it so shitty, I was left feeling unsatisfied. Nevertheless, I thoroughly enjoyed it and I honestly would recommend it to all regardless of age. It's a learning experience you won't regret.
Also, it was a book at first, so if you're interested you should go and check that out.
I mean, first look at this pic and tell me whether this looks promising or not:
Whether or not you agree with that, I for one was interested.
Okay, that was a white lie. I saw this picture first:
And thought "A powerful little girl associated with being the financial supporter of a family, I'm sold." but it doesn't scrape the fact that the first picture was just as interesting - the background itself set everything; tone, scene, time. In any case, you get why I was drawn into this movie.
I'm not doing any sort of review that explains the whole premise and plot etc, I'm just voicing my opinions on the movie. For this, I might as well add that there might be spoilers.
The Breadwinner is
frickn amazing. I cannot believe a cartoon so gorgeous produced by Angelina Jolie herself (correct me if i'm wrong, she has co-produced it with someone that I forgot and am too lazy to actually look up) could be so heart-wrenching and left me so empty as well.Set in 2001 under Taliban rule in Afghanistan, women weren't allowed to do pretty much anything without a man by their side. They required their husbands or brothers to even walk out of the house and if caught alone and refuse to return home, get a solid whipping. (There are more rules that I disagree upon but I'll leave that to you to research)
It's an animation, let us remind ourselves. I was not prepared to see whipping, wars or shooting of any sort. I believed kids animations would not show that type of violence, but i was mistaken. My perspective on the movie changed. I was now seeing it in the light of reality, in the setting of truth.
I'm no good with words but I felt something in my chest while watching it. From having her father taken away, to providing for her family under disguise, to being the most annoying lil' shit with all of her nuisance questions to something deeper - getting her father back, no matter what it takes.
I think the part that really kept me sitting was the pungent smell of misogyny that stayed in the movie. It was so strong, "What is a woman doing outside of the house?", searching for a woman to marry when she was a mere titless child, I was bloody flabbergasted. Took my breath away. Would have slapped him and gave him a whiff of my arse if anything. (Of course, I understand that I would have probably died after that considering the consequences of my actions)
I do have a lot of emotion for the movie, especially leading up to the end, because we never got to see if the family found each other. We just see her strolling along with her father and then a cut scene of the mother and daughter who refused to leave. But a war was going on, wasn't it? It was still going on and it ended just like that, a war set loose and a family separated.
Whether or not it was intentional to end it so shitty, I was left feeling unsatisfied. Nevertheless, I thoroughly enjoyed it and I honestly would recommend it to all regardless of age. It's a learning experience you won't regret.
Also, it was a book at first, so if you're interested you should go and check that out.
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