Alpine tale Alain Gsponer's film "Heidi", based on the book by Johanna Spiri "Heidi, or Magic Valley".
A fascinatingly beautiful fairy tale about a little girl Heidi living in the Swiss Alps
Alain Gsponer is a Swiss director who began filming at the age of thirty. Before this film has already addressed the story about the girl Heidi, / shot the cartoon of the same name /.
Johanna Spiri is a Swiss writer, /her book about Heidi, has long become a classic of world children's literature /, there were continuations of her imitation and film adaptations, there were and still will be. The life of Johanna Spiri was not easy, she buried both her husband and son, after which she lived alone to a very old age.
Heidi, an orphan, is only 8 years old and is taken care of by her aunt, Det. Who brings her niece to her grandfather, nicknamed Alp-Oi, (Bruno Gantz), who lives after the death of his son as a hermit in the Swiss Alps and leaves her there. A little girl and an old man live a simple peasant life, Heidi, along with the shepherd Peter, / Quirin Agrippi /, herds goats in the mountains. The seemingly established life is again violated by Aunt Dete, who returns for Heidi and sells her to the wealthy house of a wealthy man in Frankfurt. Where she should keep the company of the disabled girl of childhood, Clara, /daughter of the owner /.
Heidi painfully perceives moving to a new place, is very longing, but life goes on. Life goes on, and you don't want to fit into the rules of the new house.
Nothing seems so simple life, (in this case, the life of a little girl) Life in anticipation of a miracle, and it’s not that I write this review before the New Year, miracles can happen on weekdays. Real miracles aren’t Harry Potter magic, they’re different. It's friendship, kindness, love. Love for neighbor, / and far / is simply love. The one who will save the world.
Heidi will go back to his grandfather, and then Clara will come to Heidi. They're friends. And the story will continue.
Again, nothing special, normal life. Good and bad, and sacrifice and jealousy, but from a child's point of view. With childish purity and immediacy. With admiration for the beauty of this world and the human soul.
“My soul, you should rejoice in all this beauty, and not grieve in advance about what you may not see.”
© Johanna Spiri "Heidi, or the Magic Valley"
Rejoice, not grieve, do you catch?
Of course, this is difficult, for us who have lived a little in this world, all this may seem naive at best. It is naive to think that a person from your love will become better. Well, you know, you could be better. You could be a better person, and with you, our world would be a little better. The eternal truths we forget. It's easier. Dead bodies. Man to man is a wolf.
You try it. Try smiling at that wolf, preferably with a smile like Heidi's, maybe he's not a wolf at all. Maybe he's an ordinary person, just like you, tired of life. An adult who is drawn into the routine of life. A man who has forgotten that he was once a child.
He, like you, has forgotten how to smile, has forgotten how to believe in miracles.
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I congratulate all film lovers on the coming New Year!
Happiness and joy, love and happiness!