A cry for recognition

江蘇南菁高級中學 薛海燕

Step 1 感知·閱讀導航

話題導入

法庭上，十二歲的男孩贊恩(Zain)向法官狀告他的親生父母，原因是，他們給了他生命，卻沒能夠好好地撫養他。是什么樣的經歷讓一個孩子做出如此不可思議的舉動？黎巴嫩女導演拉巴基(Labaki)用獨特的視角和方式，在電影《何以為家》(Capernaum)中呈現了這個發生在黎巴嫩貧民窟中的敘利亞難民的故事。

本文是這部電影的影評，敘述了贊恩的掙扎與痛苦，解讀了導演拉巴基的努力和希冀：打破電影的邊界，用影視的方式發出呼救信號，用行動帶來切實改變。就如電影結尾所言，“愿每個勇敢的小孩，都能被世界溫柔以待”。

閱讀目標

1.通過主題的挖掘和思維導圖的構建，了解電影的主要情節；

2.通過對細節描寫的理解，同情贊恩的生活經歷，思考人物個性和社會的背景；

3.通過品讀影評，認識到世界的多樣性，并思考哪些媒介可以一定程度上改變我們對生活、對社會、對世界的理解。

海詞積累

1.sue/su?/v.起訴

2.refugee/,refju'd?i?/n.難民

3.auspices/'??sp?s?z/n.幫助;保護;支持

Kids who live a happy childhood dream about what they will be when they grow up.But less fortunate kids who live in poverty and misery,sometimes wonder why they were born in the first place.

Children like these inspired Lebanese director Nadine Labaki's new filmCapernaum,which arrived in China on April 29,2019.

In the slums of Beirut,Lebanon's capital,Labaki saw kids selling gum or flowers or even carrying heavy gas tanks.Some of them were alone on the street,unfed and hopeless.

One of these kids told her,“I don't know why I was born if no one is going to love me,if no one is going to kiss me before I go to sleep,if I'm going to be beaten up every day.”

This is howCapernaumbegins:A 12-year-old boy named Zain,who lives in one of Beirut's slums,sueshis parents for giving birth to him,even though,he says,they knew they couldn't look after him.

Capernaumis fictional,but it's as true as it gets.There are no professional actors in this film.Zain,for example,is played by a boy with the same name,a Syrianrefugeecalled Zain Al Rafeea.He had never slept in a bed before the movie,or gone to school.He didn't even have papers to prove he was a human being—just like his character in the film.

By makingCapernaum,Labaki wanted to“become the voice of these kids”,according toThe Guardian.

And the voice is being heard.Capernaumdebuted (首映)at Cannes Film Festival in May,2018,and won the Jury Prize.Soon after the festival,under theauspicesof the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees,Zain and his family got the chance to resettle in Norway.They now live in a house by the sea,and Zain is going to school.

When Labaki toldThe New York Timesthat she wantedCapernaum“to go beyond the borders of just being a film”and to be “a cry for help”,she wasn't sure how big an impact it would have.“I might never get anywhere,but at least I want to try,”she said.

But she certainly has gone somewhere—at least the real-life Zain is now able to dream about his future.

Step 2 實踐·文本解讀

目標呈現

Ⅰ.Grasp the main content.

Why did Labaki make the film?

A.To make a living.

C.To let people know refugees'lives.

D.To call for help for those refugee kids in slums.

Ⅱ.Understand the structure.

Complete the form according to the text.

P l o t 1.W h a t：2.W h o：3.W h e r e:4.W h y：C h a r a c t e r 5.W h a t a r e Z a i n’s c h a r a c t e r s?6.W h a t’s t h e n a m e o f t h e d i r e c t o r?D i r e c t o r 7.H o w c a n s h e m a k e t h e v o i c e h e a r d?

Step 3 運用·讀寫整合

角色體驗

1.If you were Zain,what would you do to help with the situation?

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2.What impact has Labaki made?

Step 4 提升·素養建構

思維訓練

1.What do you think of Labaki's idea “to go beyond the borders of just being a film”?

寫作技巧

A decent movie review should be entertaining,persuasive and informative,providing an original opinion without giving away too much of the plot.

讀后創寫

假定你是李華，你和你的網友Alice都沒有看過電影《何以為家》。讀完這篇影評后，你了解了影片的主要情節，被主人公贊恩向命運的抗爭和導演拉巴基用電影向世界發出的呼吁所感動，請寫一封e-mail向你的網友推薦這部電影，并約定這個暑假一起觀看電影并分享觀后感。

要求：

1.向Alice介紹電影的主要情節和相關情況；

2.發表你對這部電影、演員或導演的看法；

3.推薦Alice觀看這部電影并約她一起分享觀后感。

Dear Alice,

I've learned that you haven't watched the movie Capernaum,and neither have I.

Yours,

Li Hua

視野拓展

馬云與電影

馬云也是一個“影迷”。他不僅主演了《功守道》，還投資華誼兄弟，隨即進入其董事會，當選華誼兄弟董事會副董事長。

電影可以說是20世紀最有影響力的藝術形式之一。一部好的電影給你更開闊的眼界，讓你更多地用腦思考，而不是單純地追求視覺刺激；一部好的電影給你展現的是不同國家地域的優秀文化及正確的價值觀，而不是簡單的故事敘述和動作表演。馬云在多個場合都表示說：“個人或社會，沒有對文化的追求和創新，就沒有辦法發展。”將中國優秀的文化推廣出去，和世界分享中國傳統哲學中蘊含的理念和力量，是他們這代人的責任和擔當，這種文化不僅屬于中國，更是屬于世界。《功守道》的上映也證實了這一點。電影中馬云與各個流派的武術高手一起親力親為，成為以武學為代表的中國文化走向世界的傳播者和踐行者，以此向中國傳統文化致敬，并向世界傳遞新時代的中國文化自信。