Subtitle of this chapter: This paragraph is finally finished!

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The movie continues to play......

Among the fat-headed, big-eared legislators came a tall, thin middle-aged man with an exaggerated hooked nose and a sharp mouth. Impressively, he was wearing a black coat.

Standing under the banner of the rice character, he looked like the crow before.

No need to ask, this is another simile, just to make the audience have such associations.

Subtitled: British Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs, Baron of the Second Class, Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet, Whig.

As a world-class screenwriter, Mr. Yuan Yanqian not only gave "The Famine Orphan Girl" artistry and ideology, but also put a lot of effort into the evidence.

It is well known that during his time at New York University, he read all kinds of historical documents voraciously in the New York Public Library all year round, so he was quite knowledgeable. The inspiration for this movie comes from his usual accumulation.

The British Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs, Sir George Grey, who appeared in "The Orphan Girl of Famine", was indeed a person, and it was he who really came up with this plan. What's even more 'because of blowing Si Ting) (one of Mr. Yuan's common words) is that his own appearance and screen image have a little in common.

Therefore, some people jokingly call Mr. Yuan one of the 'Three Sages of the Library'. The other two are ......"

——Excerpt from "Ten Movies You Can't Miss: An Appreciation of "Famine Orphan Girl"

The Raven took to the podium in the House of Representatives and began to preach about the "Famine Orphans" plan: to send Irish girls to Australia.

Gentlemen, this plan is really the best of both worlds. The young girls were saved from famine and lived in a new fertile land. After decades of exile as a convict colony, Australia is in short supply of women and is in dire need of young women to work, take care of the household and reproduce the population......

"Ha, ha, ha......"

The British parliamentarians in the room let out a vulgar laugh.

One of the MPs stood up and asked, "Lord Grey, what if the Australians don't welcome those Catholics?" ”

The British Colonial Secretary shrugged his shoulders and said, "Australians welcome neither criminals nor Catholics, and now they must choose one!" ”

Briefly explain the historical background of this sentence.

By the middle of the 19th century, there had been an increasing number of free immigrants to Australia, and the locals refused to allow the overlords to continue to treat Australia as a penal colony for criminals.

By 1840, the Australian transport criminals except Tasmania had finally stopped. And when Sir Grey came to power, he wanted to restart the matter, and the locals naturally reacted very strongly to it.

Well, not only was Australia unhappy with Sir Grey in 1848, but the Irish in 1921 saw him compare Catholics with criminals, and immediately scolded him.

"The British are the number one criminal in the world!"

"Dog mongrels who betrayed the Holy See for divorce!"

"The heretics of the Anglican Church will die!"

Amid the scolding of the audience, the "Famine Orphans" plan was unanimously approved by the House of Representatives.

So the camera pans back to Dublin, Ireland......

"Mr. Yuan himself once introduced that the structure of "The Orphan Girl of Famine" is 'plagiarized' from Dante's "Divine Comedy".

The three Farrell sisters were still alive at first.

With the death of the priest and the change of celestial phenomena, they fell into the underworld.

From the moment they saw the mass grave, they actually arrived at the entrance to hell.

And when they get to Dublin, it means they're in hell......"

——Excerpt from "Ten Movies You Can't Miss: An Appreciation of "Famine Orphan Girl"

In fact, our Master Yuan did not really pay tribute to Alighelli Dante when he wrote the script, but took into account the psychological tolerance of the moviegoers at that time.

Horror films and thrillers of the 21st century are naturally sensational. After all, the audience of later generations has already experienced the baptism of countless sensory stimulation, how can the choreographers attract the audience if they don't exaggerate a little?

1921 was different, and the horror films of this year seemed too pediatric to later generations. But on the other hand, if you directly let the audience at that time watch a film like "Chainsaw", they can't stand it.

So the opening scene of "Famine Orphan Girl" is only "miserable", not "evil".

After entering the "Dublin" in the film, it began to be "evil".

This "evil" is not only a disgusting "evil" that makes people feel sick to their stomachs, but also an "evil" that touches the bottom line of human morality.

And the reason for all this is "hunger"!

Of course, still because of the restrictions of the times, the two main creators, Yuan Yanqian and Griffiths, still "softened" many clips.

But the audience can still understand that the three Farrell sisters saw the ubiquitous trade in skin and flesh in the city, all kinds of violence, and even the faint cannibalism.

These scenes are like pins and needles for the Irishpeople in the scene, because not only is it completely contrary to the teachings of the Catholic Church, but they also know that these "villains" in the movie are their ancestors.

Do you understand, it is these two reasons that prompt Master Yuan to "soften" them.

The lively venue was quiet again.

The three Farrell sisters and their fellow villagers took care of each other, and finally made it to the door of the workhouse.

They found that there was a long queue at the entrance of the workhouse at this time, knowing that the entire Irish relief system could accommodate up to 100,000 people.

By this time, the Irish relief system had received an order from London to admit only healthy young girls.

So here is another very tear-jerking "birth and separation" episode, and several girls other than the three sisters have to say goodbye to their parents, brothers and even lovers.

In fact, there have been two young people helping the three Farrell sisters along the way, and it can be seen that they have a little affection for the eldest sister and the second sister, but at this time love is too extravagant.

In this way, the girls of the village entered the workhouse.

After watching "Orphans of the Fog" and "Les Miserables", you know how terrible the workhouses were in the nineteenth century, not to mention that they were workhouses during the Great Famine in Ireland.

However, in order to let the audience breathe, our Master Yuan seems to be more warm and relaxed in comparison.

For example, girls are shaved with short hair and purse their lips to steal fun.

For example, they gobble up their food.

For example, the eldest sister tells stories to other girls.

For example, they work together to play tricks on vicious but stupid mothers......

In short, these scenes of joy and playfulness and cuteness of girls made the audience laugh softly.

Then, the day of departure arrived.

The first "orphans of the famine" were brought to the docks and boarded on a sailing ship bound for Australia.

This scene is actually strictly based on historical facts. Historically, each of the three ships carried 700 girls. David Griffith also really got three real sailboats and 700 girls to shoot the scene.

Of course, this is nothing compared to the 15,000 extras in "The Party Fights Differently" in order to film the march scene of the Persian army that conquered Babylon.

But even so, the scene is quite spectacular.

These sailboats have been modified to a certain extent, and with Master Yuan's "post-production", they all look like prehistoric sea monsters, opening their mouths to swallow these poor girls.

Then came the ocean voyage.

In fact, the orphans of the famine were much more fortunate than they were to go to their fellow Americans at the same time.

Don't look at the fact that Ireland only had to cross the Atlantic Ocean to America, but since these poor people had no money at all, they had to take the cheapest ships. The boats are in very poor condition, providing only a small amount of water, food and space for passengers, and the death rate of passengers is often as high as 30%!

At this time, the British had a lot of experience in transporting prisoners to Australia, after all, they had been engaged in the business for nearly half a century since 1788.

And to be fair, the British government was absolutely outstanding in the nineteenth century. It was a purely governmental act that was closely regulated by government agencies such as the Irish Poor Law Commission, the London Colonial Land and Migration Commission, and the Australian authorities.

So although the journey to Australia is much farther away, the death rate of orphan girls on the voyage is less than one percent.

But, but, but, this film is from Yuan Yanqian's handwriting, how can he say good things about the British?

Therefore, our Master Yuan began to launch the bento boldly.

In the damp, cramped, dark, and bumpy cabins, the already frail orphans of the famine died one after another. Sea burials are carried out several times a day.

Seeing these young girls being swallowed by the merciless sea, soft sobs rang out in the venue.

However, under the care of the eldest sister, the three Farrell sisters finally arrived in Melbourne safely.

When they walked out of the cabin, it was the second time that the sun appeared in "Orphans of Famine". But it was a scorching day.

The orphans who survived the famine were housed in the barracks in Hyde Park (the name the British really liked). (Author's note: There is now a monument to the "Famine Girl" there.) ）

But Australians don't welcome them. The local press, the upper and middle classes, condemned the arriving orphan girls as immoral, useless, untrained, unable to be qualified maids, and a waste of public spending.

The Sydney Morning Herald commented: "It's not hundreds, it's thousands of girls coming. Nor are they just orphans, but the wave of the Irish poor that has drowned us. ”

The more hateful and discriminatory comment came from the Melbourne Argus newspaper: "Our money is not being spent on decent, qualified, well-bred girls,...... Our money should be spent on English girls with rosy cheeks, or on beautiful Scottish girls, and not on these rough, useless creatures. They had a stocky, poorly grown build, a thick waist and clumsy ankles, and had a very bad influence on the physique of Victoria's future colonists. ”

Naturally, these words drew boos from the audience.

The three sisters are finally about to start a new life. However, until they were chosen to be wives, they could not sit idle, and were forced to go out to work. This time is an average of two and a half years.

Of course, it is impossible for the three Farrell sisters to marry and have children smoothly and live happily ever after.

The attentive eldest sister heard the British talking behind her back, and went to work as a waitress in a tavern instead of the second sister. Sure enough, she was raped by the bad boss who lost her conscience that day, and finally became a girl under the control of the boss.

There were also two sisters who went to work as maids.

The second sister soon married a policeman, but the policeman was an alcoholic and violent man, and she had a miscarriage due to her husband's beatings, and finally died of typhoid fever and enteritis caused by the miscarriage.

And the policeman's husband didn't even handle the funeral for her, and it was the eldest sister and the third sister who took out all their savings to let the second sister be buried.

The third sister was suspected of stealing the family's belongings, and the sturdy female employer and her sons beat her to death, and there was no one to pursue such a crime.

The eldest sister went to the police station to call the police, but was humiliated by the second sister's husband, and even wanted to take advantage of her. So she took advantage of her surprise and killed the enemy who killed her sister.

Before being discovered, she left the police station and ran to the house of her third sister's employer and set a fire to the family.

Well, this kind of plot is a little cliché, and the rationality is not very sufficient, let alone authenticity, but it is not relieving to watch.

After all, this movie is a commercial film, and you have to consider the audience's feelings.

In the end, the eldest sister walked into the sea facing the sunset.

At this time, Miss Morman's singing voice sounded again with the music:

"I don't want to see you continue to suffer, left alone on the branches."

"May you follow your companion and die in peace."

"I gently sprinkled your fragrant petals on the flower bed."

"Let you and your dear companions be buried in that loess......"

She sank into the Pacific Ocean with the sun.

The screen goes black.

THE END。

One by one, the audience stood up and began to sing the third stanza together:

"When the beloved's ring loses its jewel."

"When that precious friendship withers, I want you to sleep with you."

"When the heart of the faithful is haggard, when the dear one dies."

"Who wants to live alone in this bleak world."

After "THE END", another line was typed on the screen: this film is based on a true story.

Yes, this sentence is generally placed at the beginning of the film, but our Master Yuan deliberately placed it at the end of the film in order to deepen the audience's impression.

Finally, a big number appeared on the screen - 4114.

That's the total number of "orphans of famine" shipped to Australia.

"Woo, woo, woo......"

They sang "The Last Rose of Summer" over and over again until everyone couldn't stop crying and cried into a ......

"Your Highnesses, good opportunity. Let's go now! ”

Seeing this, our Master Yuan was naturally very moved, and immediately made this suggestion to the two crown princes.

The Prince of Wales and the Prince of Dee Palace certainly had no objection to this, so they sneaked out of the pitch without anyone noticing.

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I'm sorry, Murong doesn't like to watch tragedies or write about tragedies, and this movie is a bit embarrassing to write in the end.

So, let's write the plot of Inbui Si next.