Reflection after a movie....

After having watched the movie The Flowers of the War, I felt light hearted to see how at a hard time, the war, young girls and women were not selfish and gave their lives up for the other. Nonetheless, it made me wonder what this would be like nowadays. There were several scenes in the movie that showed how much one cared for the other.

In the beginning we see three friends running through a town destroyed by the war and soldiers running after them and shooting at them. One of the girls is shot. The others cry and say that she died without a cry, meaning bravely.

Another scene is when the girls suffer in the hands of the soldiers when they invade the church so that they will not discover that the prostitutes are hiding in the basement. The girls knew they were going to be raped and hurt but even so, they fought bravely.

Then finally in the end there is the switching of places (do not want to spoil it for those who are going to watch it), a true act of bravery. When the young church boy decides to also give up his life to save the young girls, it is a true act of courage and love.

Why do they all do this? Simple, love for the next person; lack of selfishness, so that the deaths of the soldiers would not be in vain, simply love.

(Written on July 21,2012)

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