The Road Home
It is a nice story which sets during the old years of China; telling us about the life of a young teacher who is sent to a village in a very rural area. The lack of enlightenment on how important education is to the people makes the young teacher highly respected by all the villagers and they altogether built the first school in the village. The role of the teacher is very important that all villagers will prepare meals for him everyday as a token of appreciation of his duty and responsibility towards increasing and enhancing the education level among the kids in the village.
What is interesting is the flashback of the story; the time when we are told about how the young teacher falls in love with his wife (a young passionate, loyal lover) is done in colours but the current days of the story; after the death of the teacher is done in monochromic scenes. It is like telling us how beautiful the world is when the teacher teaches the kids and about the love of the young girl (Zhang Zi Yi really made it…) towards the teacher. And the monotonous colour during the current days is perhaps to show us about the solemnity and the lonesomeness that are felt by the villagers after the death of the teacher.
I think the main focus of us watching this movie is to look at the role of teacher in a rural area; how significant the role is to the villagers and perhaps to the world. How respectable a teacher is for the development of education among the kids and younger generations at that point of time compared to our present situations in which students are no longer pay respects to teachers. However, throughout the story, it seems like the crucial point that has been highlighted is the love of the young teacher and his wife ever since the first time they met. It is basically a good, motivating movie for a teacher trainee like me but somehow it is rather disappointing when the center of the movie is the love story. On the other hand the story could be a good motivation for us.
*this story has something that can be a point to ponder
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