I was rewatching You are Not an Orphan and I realized one thing. No matter how hard I tried, I could never get an accurate list of their names nor how many of them there were. And when I say I tried, I paused in certain spots, especially the ending about 15 times (I'm kind of a stubborn person lol).
Besides that I realized that this film seems to full of Soviet ideals of equality and "brotherhood". If you think about it, the progress the children make is towards becoming a good Soviet citizen by working together. Anytime the children work together, they can accomplish anything. But whenever someone is selfish because they are starving (like Vanya) or whenever they complain about the horrible living conditions (like Renat) they become an immediate outcast. They are essentially antagonists because they go against the grain. When Dzidra complains about her mother not being around, there is no one to comfort her, just more children saying they have the same things problems. The equality within this movie almost seems too much like a Soviet allegory. No matter what your race is, you will eventually become equals under the Communist Party.
As you can obviously tell, I've been thinking way too much about this movie, but considering I'm running out of time, might as well get the thinking out of the way.
P.S. I truly don't believe that a real Soviet guard would have allowed those children to leave that day after they all got "arrested".But maybe that's just me.
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You are so right a true Soviet would not have let them leave. BUt yes you are right the more you think about the film the more you see how much Soviet propaganda is actually in it. Unity and equality are extremly prominent in the entire film. they want all the children to get along and live this happy ever after. However you have to remember when the film was made. It was during the Soviet reign. they had to respect the soviets in order to get an good audience or even exposure. I think this is why they made all the ideals so obvious.
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