Little Big Master《五個小孩的校長》review
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to
change the world”, said Nelson Mandela. Indeed, without education, our world
would not be in the way it is now. Fact-based local movie “Little Big Master”,
does not only illustrates the big heart of the headmistress, but also touches
many audiences’ hearts.
The piece is about headmistress Lui (by Miriam Yeung), gave up
her high salary job and teaches at a small kindergarten in small village in the
New Territories which, only have 5 little girls living in poor families. Lui
has to act as headmistress, teacher, and janitor in the facility. There are a
lot of things for her to take care about. However, she took a further step, Lui
reaches out to help her five students with their difficulties at home, counsel
them and guide them to a better future. In the beginning of the movie, most
people in the village was not very encouraging, they believed that this
kindergarten has no more meaning and believed that Lui wouldn’t be able to handle
such a school. But Lui moved their hearts by action, by her selfless love
towards her five adorable students.
This is a good movie, not just because of the excellent
performance by Miriam Yeung and the five little actresses but also because of
the great meaning behind the heart touching plot. For Yeung, I would say this
is definitely a new try for her. It seems that since the new mom has stepped
into a new phase of life, her acting has improved a lot. She is no longer the
kiddish and naïve policewoman in “Love Undercover (新紮師妹)”. Now, she is very capable of handling the selfless
motherly love of a headmistress. Acting of the five little actresses is also
surprising excellent, they perform so perfectly that I could actually hear
audiences weeping during some of the touching scenes.
I must say, we don’t see many movies like this nowadays.
No big star, very little budget, no billion dollars worth CG effects, but it
has something we all crave for, LOVE. This is not just some kind of love we
normally see in romantic stories, or bibliographic pictures about big man doing
big things. It brings out the love that is so subtle, so low profile and so
selfless that is extremely rare in the modern world nowadays, especially in
Hong Kong. The side stories illustrate the stereotype of Hong Kong people.
Materialistic, selfish, and money minded. There was a scene where one of the
five girls is about to lose her home, because of the developer hegemony. Lui
steps in and gave her helping hand to the family. While all the residents talk
behind the headmistress, saying that running a ‘broken’ kindergarten is
‘futureless’, betting when the school is going to close down, Lui did not give
up. The contrast made by the villagers and the headmistress display the
humanity we find in modern Hong Kong, and therefore, emphasize the rarity and
greatness of Lui’s selfless love and kindness.
People say the film industry in Hong Kong is dying,
tilting towards the great China market and losing audiences. I disagree. I believe
great movies like ‘Little Big Master’ will continue to touch our hearts and
bring back hope to the industry we were once proud of.
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Kwok Tsz Long, Leon
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