Caien Town is an affluent area filled with expensive little fashion stores, cafes and restaurants that look quaint and peaceful. Shao Ziping's house is a three-story building with a white mixed wood and stone structure on Tianhui Church Street.

Shao Ziping introduced Zhang Chunru to his wife and children, and lent Zhang Chunru a Buick, so that Zhang Chunru could drive to Yale every day to check the information.

The next morning, Zhang Chunru came to Yale University. She walked through the library, around the rotunda, to the archives. In the empty archives, only Zhang Chunru's footsteps echoed. Suddenly, Zhang Chunru stopped, as if he had discovered something. She turned her head to look at the neatly organized materials on the shelves, and then walked over.

I don't know what's going on, it's just an ordinary shot, but the audience at the scene has a feeling of fate. This feeling was even stronger among the Chinese and Chinese present, who knew that Zhang Chunru regarded Weitling as an idol after reading "Weitling's Diary", and eventually she chose to commit suicide like Weitling.

Zhang Chunru stood in front of the book shelf, pulled out a thick book, and then slowly opened it. Zhang Chunru's movements in flipping through the book were very slow, as if the information in his hand was heavy. Everyone present knew that what was about to open was not a book, but a heavy piece of history.

At the moment when Zhang Chunru opened the diary, the camera switched, and Weitling, played by Amy Adams, appeared in the camera. She sat at her desk, tapping on the typewriter. At the same time, Weitling's voice rang out: "Sunday, November 21." Last night, Mary Twinham dropped us back around midnight. I will never forget this experience. We found the wounded gathered in groups in various parts of the train station, maybe 200 people, but I can't be sure ......"

The camera cuts to Rabe also sitting in front of the typing head, tapping on the keyboard: "I want a special pass for the car to ...... after the second alarm sounds"

At this moment, the whining air defense sirens sounded. It was night when Rabe wrote his diary, and the light was still on in the room. However, when the camera cuts to the air, it is clear and daylight. At this time, six fighters of the Soviet Union Aid China Anti-Japanese Aviation Volunteer Corps were engaged in a fierce battle with six Japanese fighters, which was also the first battle after the Soviet Volunteer Air Force arrived in China.

Scorsese suddenly laughed, this movie has three main lines, three protagonists, and these three protagonists are not in the same time and space, the movie will constantly switch between the three characters, how to smooth the transition, how to smooth the narrative, it will be a test for any director.

The camera cuts to Rabe's villa, where Rabe is standing at the window, holding a telescope and watching the battle in the air. The camera cuts to the air, and the fierce battle between the two sides continues. The camera cuts to Jin Nuda, and Wei Tling is also looking up to watch the fierce battle in the sky, while Cheng Ruifang next to him can't stop cursing at the Japanese plane. The camera cuts back to the air, a Soviet Iraq-16 fighter jet caught fire and fell, and soon a Japanese 96 fighter crashed to the south with black smoke, and then the Japanese plane retreated.

The camera cuts back to Rabe's villa, Rabe puts on a coat and asks his secretary Han Xianglin to prepare the car. Han Xianglin reminded: "Mr. Rabe, it's too dangerous now. Rabe insisted: "I have to go today to discuss the establishment of a safe zone." Han Xianglin immediately said, "Okay, I'll go and prepare immediately." ”

The car drove into Jinling University, and Rabe and Han Xianglin got out of the car and walked towards the board of trustees. There were already more than a dozen foreigners sitting in the room, and when they saw Rabe coming in, they greeted him one after another. Soon, the oval desk was surrounded by Americans, British, Danes, and Germans.

Hang Liwu, chairman of the board of trustees of Jinling University, stood up and said in fluent English: "Today, we are gathered here to ask for your opinions, can we act as the protector of the citizens of Nanjing? He raised the newspaper in his hand and continued, "Can we set up a safe zone based on the experience of the Demon Capital?"

The proposal was quickly adopted unanimously, and they decided to set up an international relief agency, following the example of the Mordu refugee district. They gave the organization a global name, the International Committee for the Nanjing Safety Zone, in the hope that in the most critical time, the refugees would have a place to hide from the Japanese bombing and shelling.

During the discussion of the members of the Committee, Rabe was proposed as Chairman of the International Committee, which was unanimously endorsed. Rabe hurriedly waved his hand and postponed: "This responsibility is huge, I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to be qualified for such an important position." ”

Everyone at the scene persuaded one after another: "You are German, and you are expected to deal better with the Dongying people." ”

"Dongying and Germany are allies, so it's easier for you to take care of things. ”

"You have been in China for 30 years, you have the ability, the experience, and you are fully qualified for this position. ”

"Mr. Rabe, you are the perfect candidate for the presidency. Hang Liwu also advised, "Pastor Ma Ji is preparing for the Nanjing branch of the International Red Cross, and he will work closely with the work of the International Committee for the Safe Zone." ”

Rabe did not postpone any longer, stood up, and said passionately: "Germany and Dongying are allies, and I, as a German, have certain advantages in negotiating with Dongying. I came to China in my 20s, and the best youth of my life was spent in this country, my children and grandchildren were born here, my career was successful here, and I was always treated well by the Chinese. I will do my best to live up to your high expectations. His speech won warm applause from all the participants.

Changing faces, what appears in the shot is a map of Nanjing in 1937. A red cross appeared in the center of the map, and then a red line centered on the red cross traveled along the surrounding streets, outlining a hexagon, which was the Nanjing Security Zone. There are a total of 25 refugee shelters in the boundary, including the Ministry of Communications Building, Wutaishan Primary School, and Hanzhong Road Primary School.

As the red line travels, the camera collapses, and the Red Cross flag is planted on the roofs around the safe zone, and refugees pour into the safe zone like a tidal wave. Then the map disappears, and what appears in front of the audience is the entrance of the Golden Female University.

In front of the Golden Female University, thousands of refugees who had fled from the surrounding cities stood supporting the old and the young, looking panicked and frightened. Weitling and Cheng Ruifang stood outside the gate to let the refugees in as families in an orderly manner, while school workers guided them. Weitling's Chinese teacher, Wang Yaoting's three children, and Cheng Ruifang's grandson, all a few years old, also came to help. They all wear armbands for the safety zone, which is very important.

Many of these refugees fled with their families, but Kim Women's University is a girls' school that only accepts women and children. Many refugees, unwilling to be separated from their families, begged Weitling to let them in. A young girl of fifteen or sixteen years old begged bitterly: "Please let us in, my father is sick, I can't leave him alone!"

"We are a women's college, and we are only open to women and children, and it is not appropriate to admit men to live there. She looked at the girl and said gently: "If you want to take care of your father, then go to other settlements, there are many settlements in the safe area, you can accept a family, and it is not far away!"

Someone asked, "Where are the refugee camps where families can be accommodated?"

Wei Tling replied: "There are more than 20 Wutaishan Primary School, Hankou Road Primary School, the Ministry of Communications, and the Nanjing University Library. ”

The young girl thanked Weitling and took her father with her. Women and children continue to walk to the camps. But Weitling and the others soon stopped another woman, who was taking a boy in his teens. When the women saw that Weitling would not let them in, they said, "My son is only taller, but he is actually only thirteen years old!"

"But he already looks like an adult, and that's really not appropriate." ”

The woman pleaded, "All right, let us in!"

Cheng Ruifang looked at the woman, then at her son, frowned, raised her voice and said: "Jin Nuda has no obligation to accept any of us, but the Oriental devil is coming, and it provides us with shelter, but please also understand the difficulties of the school." This is an all-girls school, and it's not suitable for men!"

The camera cuts to the hill behind the seminary, where Rabe clashes with Colonels Long Yingqin and Zhou from the General Staff. Now the safe zone has been activated and refugees are being accepted. But it was then that Rabe and Sperling discovered that the Nationalists had not withdrawn from the security zone as agreed, and had rearranged the fortifications and anti-aircraft gun positions. Rabe demanded that troops and military installations be withdrawn from the security zone, otherwise the Japanese bombardment would cause a large number of casualties.

In the course of the quarrel, Japanese bombers came to bomb and opened heavy fire from the anti-aircraft gun positions not far from Rabe. This undoubtedly exacerbated Rabe's fear, once the Japanese army discovered that there were anti-aircraft artillery positions in the security zone and came to bomb them, it would undoubtedly be a massacre for the refugees in the security zone.

After arguing with Major Long, Rabe decided to go to Tang Shengzhi and ask him to solve the problem.

Halfway down the road, a grain truck roared by. Rabe saw that it was Han Xianglin driving, so he asked what was going on. Han Xianglin told him that they had been bombed just now, and the driver had been blinded by shrapnel in one eye. Seeing that the driver's face was covered with blood, Rabe immediately said to Han Xianglin, you transport the grain back, we will send him to the Drum Tower Hospital, and let the committee take care of him.

After the injured driver got into the car, the car sped towards the Drum Tower Hospital. Then the camera switched, the car stopped in front of a small three-story white building, Zhang Chunru got out of the car, and walked towards the door with a large cardboard box. This is Dr. Shao Ziping's home, and the time goes back to 1995.

Shao Ziping's wife saw that Zhang Chunru was in a wrong mood, so she asked her what was wrong. Zhang Chunru told Shao Ziping's wife that she had found a diary written by Weitling, who had protected tens of thousands of women and children during her time in Nanjing, in the Yale Archives. She said she had read Weitling's diary, but it was heartbreaking. Speaking of this, Zhang Chunru couldn't control her emotions and cried silently.

Zhang Chunru cried, the Chinese in front of the screen and the eyes of the Chinese were also moist, everyone knew why Zhang Chunru cried. However, the foreign guests and reporters present did not react, and some of them even felt strange, what did Zhang Chunru see, and why did he cry like this?

The camera cuts to David Magee's home, where David Magee tells Zhang Chunru that his father was traumatized in the eyes while he was in Nanjing, which led to his premature death. After that, David Magee began to play Zhang Chunru's film that his father had shot back then.

In the distance of the camera, smoke floating in the air tells everyone that this is a city under fire, and then the picture gradually takes on color. Zhang Ran transitioned from David Magee's house to the city of Nanjing, in 1995 and back to 1937 in two identical images.

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