On the 25th, at the 91st Oscar Academy Awards, a 7-minute Chinese short film "BAO" won the Best Animated Short Film Award.
Parent-child relationship is the focus of many Chinese families. Here comes the beginning of the school season, this film tells the inner thoughts of many Chinese mothers and has also caused widespread concern and discussion. ▼
Thinking triggered by a little "bun"
The story takes place in a typical Chinese family, a woman who is skilled in rolling the crust and making buns.
A bun suddenly yelled
It made the heart of this woman melted.
Since then, she has seen this baby as her own child.
Giving the baby a height
Buying food with him
Buying snacks for him
Everything is so warm.
But she didn't know where to start,
"Bao" had his own ideas.
Maybe… it was from the mother’s not letting him play with his friends...
He no longer wanted to eat the snacks that his mother bought.
Didn't let mom into his room
To ignore the food that mother carefully prepared.
He wanted to go out for a ride with his friends.
On this day, Bao came back with her girlfriend and was ready to move out of the house.
In any case, the mother couldn’t accept Bao’s departure. In the midst of the breakdown, she ate him unexpectedly...
Seeing here, some netizens bluntly said:
"To tell the truth, I think this film is a bit scary, especially when Bao was eaten."
"Until her son appeared, I eventually knew what the story was. If she had a chance to have another baby, she would not want him to leave, but then she was also suffering."
In fact, Bao is just a dream of this mother. "Bao" is the son of her subconscious, just as she repented when she ate her baby in her dreams, her son came back...
A contest about "control"
Directed by a Chinese female director, the film tells a familiar topic of Chinese people with the image and scene of the Chinese family—the mother’s “control” in the child’s growth and how to face the child after growing up.
Chinese children have been taught to be "obedient" since they were young: listening to the teacher's words and listening to the parents' words, the most important of which is "to listen to the mother's words."
To some extent, the "price-performance" of "obedient" is relatively high:
On the one hand, it means that children follow the experience of their parents, reduce the cost of trial and error, and make fewer detours in life;
On the other hand, it also means that the authority of parents is recognized and respected, which is a kind of warm feedback to parents.
However, “obedience” does not last long. As the child grows up day by day, when his thoughts and experiences exceed the experience of his parents, a contest begins. Like a mother in an animated cartoon, to interfere with the hobbies of the "little bun", to monitor his secrets, not to accept his love, to stop him from leaving home...
In the end, the mother in the film fell apart at the moment when the "little bun" came out of the house. She swallowed the "little bun" into her stomach and burst into tears... What a painful irony! In life, there are often such mothers who eventually "swallow" the child's freedom and life in the name of love.
When a child wants to expand into a new world, does the mother wave her hand or insist on accompanying him?
For mothers, it is a difficult choice. A mother who refuses to leave often lays the seeds of conflict for parent-child relationship, mother-in-law relationship, and even the relationship between her child and his wife. The most frightening thing is that the vicious circle of children who have been controlled by all the way has finally become a parent with strong control.
The true love of parents is to give enough love, care and respect when the child is a child, and learn to let go when the child grows up.
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