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I watched this movie sometimes ago. It's about 4 siblings that have different fathers, same mother lived together. Akira is the eldest son, who is only 12 years old. I think due to the house rental condition, Keiko, the mother, must hide her other three younger children. It's kinda unimaginable how she hided Shigeru and Yuki inside luggage. So at this point, the movie shows how the other three children play "hide and seek". They must ensure that nobody knows they lived there. In other words, they isolated themselves from outside world, means no school, no play outside and most of all no friends! Keiko is single-parent, which mean sole-breadwinner. Therefore, she did not take care of her children, more concern to her work and her new lover! So, Akira as the eldest son, take care of his siblings and the house by himself. Everything goes pretty well, until one day, Keiko left all her children with some money and note to Akira to take care of his siblings. The story starts heart-wrenching at this part, how small children try to cope with their life, without any parents to be depended on. Moreover, they were isolated from outside world for sometimes, so it's a very hard struggle for them. Towards the end, the struggling was getting out of hand, Yuki was so sick and died. What makes me cry is, Akira and his friend, Saki, brought her body to Haneda airport, to bury her there, as her last wish is to see aeroplane.

This is the good movie to watch, it shows us how innocent children dealt with "unexpected" situation in their life, that probably they never dare to imagine. I give this movie 8/10.

"Birth" is the movie with many interpretations. The excellency of this movie goes to Nicole Kidman good acting. She acts as Anna whose husband, Sean, died. And just when she planned to re-marry Joseph, her fiancé, a ten-years old boy came and told her that he was Sean. And Anna is his wife. Confusion starts at this point. Strangely, this little boy, who named Sean, knows almost everything about her and their love story, where they first met, which was at the beach. He even knew the park location that they often met. Slowly, Anna started to believe that he was really Sean, and struggled to accept the fact. How weird is that, yet it is real. The story starts to find its end, when Carla (Sean's lover) met this boy and found that he was not Sean. Carla felt that if he was really Sean, he would find her instead Anna. Soon after, the boy confessed to Anna that he is not Sean, with a very simple reason, that because he loves her. Without going to the details, at the end she decided to marry Joseph, but when she went to beach, she cried and felt hurt, that though she married Joseph, yet she still loves Sean.

This is my interpretation. I realized that many interpretations may be given by this movie. So it's challenge to mind...

I give this movie 7/10.

I watched this movie recently. It is about the orphanage live post anti-communist revolution in Hungary. The story shows the hard life inside the orphanage, with the over-strict and abusive teacher. A boy, named Aaron was brought into this place due to his mother poor health, and experienced the very suffer life that probably he had never even dare to imagine. Due to the very suffer life, the boys started to doubt whether the God was really exist. I personally feel touch with Mate determination to find God. His faith really moves me. But in this such hard life and despite all the suffer and abusive treatment, the boys found the most valuable friendship. Aaron and his friends decided to escape from the "hell". But too bad, it was heavy winter, and worse when one of his friend, Attila, died during the escape. And the rest were brought back to the orphanage. But I don't really like the ending, it is definitely not a happy ending.

I give this movie 7/10 rating. Happy watching.