Minha Pequena Terra

From a technical point of view, I don't have a specific review for this movie, you will surely enjoy it and I recommend it to you.

But from the point of view of content, it is similar to the stereotype of Kurds being landless. When a boy asks a girl where are you from? The girl answers: Kurd. It is unreasonable to mention the ethnicity instead of the name of the place. It's like asking a person from Okinawa and Hokkaido where they are from and they answer Ainu and Ryukyuan. It is not true. Unfortunately, Kurdish immigrants and diaspora always show the world a helpless and landless face and always looking for a home for themselves. Kurds are people of the same origin but different beliefs, geography and history. In some places, the Kurds are under oppression and war and are looking for a country. In some places, Kurds are patriotic and love their country. For example, the Kurds in Iraq and Syria are autonomous and have their own government and army(So, right now, the existence of a country called Kurdistan has been realized to some extent). In Iran, culturally, they are the same as other people, and the discussion of separation is illogical.

Certainly, all Kurds want to protect their culture and land. But politically, there are different opinions and views. I hope that world cinema will give up this political point of view to build a pressure lever against West Asia.

I desire everyone to watch it specially if you are Japanese.

It was good as a family film and a teenager film. I couldn't stop my tears several times.

The difference of what she did in front of mirror in the beginning and the last cut was so beautiful and hopeful.

The tree reminded me 'Leon: The Professional' a bit in the end.

The way of using red on the main character's hand.

The way of shooting was natural as Hirokazu Koreeda does which was beautiful. I could felt everything from the screen even smell, tastes of the foods, temperature and so on.

Acting was also great. The way of the father talks, character of Sota who's shy and kind, the boss of the convenience store, Sota's mother and so on. Everyone acted naturally and was great. Specially Lina Arashi who acted Sarya the main character. A lot of small uncomfortableness comes over her such as discrimination, micro aggression, unreasonable laws, her sister fitting to Japan, Kurds community and so on. I was really scared that if she was broken. I just wished good life for her.

The music by Roth Bart Baron matched the film and was really good. It was soft and kind but also cool and sometimes ugly.

Cloths were so cute too.

I have been to the other country as an 'alian' and have been to a small room for suspicious people and I know that it is hopeless and scary. Those experiences made me really sensitive to this film.

I could say Japan is still fine if you can make this kind of films but not only that. I shame my selfishness that I didn't vote two Japanese elections last one year. Even I wasn't in Japan and the procedures are complicated, I could have done it because I had the right. There are people in Japan who are trying to live there.

I didn't even know about Kurds at all till I knew this film.

Micro aggression is happening everywhere for everyone. People doing it, don't realise and they sometimes think it as kindness rather than harming. Luckily I think I have never got it but it was so much painful for me.

There are more problems in this film but what I can write about is this.

This film was painful and tough but really beautiful.

"Father: There are many rocks where I was born Boy: Like here Father: Yes, there is nothing else to do in the villages except play with The stones. These stones and Kurdish stones are the same,There is no difference!!"

Kurdistan is a land between Syria, Turkey, Iran and Iraq. Although Kurdistan is divided into four parts, but it is 1 land for us and we are proud to be Kurds.

We are about 40 million Kurds in the world. One day we will become a country and we will get our rights back from the neighboring countries,Most people in the countries around us say it's like a dream, and I say you are right, but rest assured that one day dreams will come true.

The story is about a girl who lost her mother and lives with her father, brother and sister in Tokyo and they are refugees because her father was a political figure and wanted the freedom of the Kurds and he also participated in the Kurdish war. But in the end, they are forced to flee their country and become refugees in Tokyo, if their visa and asylum requests are not accepted, this family must live in a limited way, otherwise they will go to prison, the girl's father cannot follow the restrictions and He continues to work and finally his attempt to earn money for his family and work ends up in prison because their asylum application was rejected and they were not allowed to work in Tokyo. Saria's father had a selfless and family-friendly personality who returned to his country for the sake of his children to cancel his visa application so that his children who grew up in Tokyo and were born elsewhere would have visas and live in hardship. Do not continue Saria and her younger brother do not reveal their real identity because they are ashamed to speak the name of their country because their country is at war and they do not like to reveal their identity. Everyone thinks Saria is German and she tells everyone that she is German, but she is Kurdistan. Saria had a personality that changed me a lot. She was independent and tried to earn money to feed her siblings by working, cooking for them, trying to pay the rent of their own house in the absence of her own father, and becoming independent in her studies. His own and preparing to enter the university to stand on his own feet. But he could also feel the lack of affection because he had lost his mother. Her relationship with her boyfriend, who was the niece of her business owner, helped a lot in her lack of love and hiding her secrets, because he was the only one she trusted and told her everything and her boyfriend was like a counselor. He was listening to her words to make her feel better. Her boyfriend had a lovely, cool and reliable personality who had a special interest in Saria and left positive effects in Saria's life in addition to his love.

But in the last moments, when there is complete despair, there is still hope left, and by thinking positively, not losing ourselves, and continuing our efforts, we can reach our goal: when Saria was fired from her job and had no hope of being accepted into the university because her visa He didn't have it and he was disappointed if his father was planning to return because of the visa of Saria and his children and now he can go to his university with a visa. And no effort and hard work will be fruitless because Saria worked hard in her life and she will get the answer by getting accepted in the university she likes.