Pumzi was absolutely amazing. I hope they get to make it into a full-length film. It was very inspiring to see the main character so devoted to this plant and to show a hope for a better life. She never drank a sip of water in the desert-she only used it to water the plant. The use of technology in this film made me think a lot about our future. Will technology become so advanced that we won't even be able to talk and communicate with each other without the use of computers? You can tell that all the people in this community do not interact with each other as they should. I only saw a few mean stares. One thing I didn't completely understand, or maybe I just missed something- is how could the plant grow at the end in radioactive dirt? That confused me a little bit. We talked about the film having mystical aspects of it so maybe that has something to do with it.
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ReplyDeleteI believe that she tested the dirt in that area and it was not radioactive and that's why she decided to escape the compound. The others around her denied the existence of the non-radioactive area. Although, who sent her the dirt sample and how the area became free of radioactivity remained hidden. The mysterious nature of the dirt sample is a mystical aspect of this film.
ReplyDeleteI agree that her devotion to the mission of planting the motherseed was incredibly inspiring. It almost seemed as if she and the seed paralleled each other; she was the only truly human seeming being in sight and the plant was the only true form of greenery to be seen. It almost seems as if she is fighting against modern technology and the plant finds possible radioactivity to be its opponent. That is an aspect I find very interesting.
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