The opening of "Cowherder's Spring" can be said to be very similar to "Cinema Paradiso".

This story is told through the child who once grew up and even became famous.

Many viewers who watched "Cinema Paradiso" showed knowing smiles.

The difference is that in Cinema Paradiso, Duoduo grew up and became a famous director, while Pierre in "Springtime of the Cowherd" became a famous conductor!

Of course, in "Cinema Paradiso" he returned home after learning about the death of the projectionist, but in "Spring of the Cowherd" it was his mother who died.

After attending his mother's funeral, Pierre returned to his residence.

Suddenly, a guest came outside.

He smiled and asked Pierre: "Do you still recognize me?"

Pierre obviously did not recognize him, after all, everyone's hair was turning white.

He reminded: "At the bottom of the pond!"

"My father will pick me up on Saturday!"

Seeing that Pierre still couldn't recognize it, he reminded him again.

But obviously too much time had passed, and they hadn't seen each other for too long, so Pierre still looked confused.

"Pepino!" He said his name!

When the name was read out, Pierre's dusty memory seemed to begin to gradually unblock, and he smiled: "I remember, of course I remember!"

"Pepino! How long ago was that?"

"Only fifty years!" said Pepino.

He brought a photo taken at the "Pondside" school!

The two sat there, looking at the photos and reminiscing about the past.

Pierre pointed to a little boy in the photo, and his memory revived. He remembered that the old man in front of him was his former classmate!

They then pointed to the superintendent standing next to them in the photo and asked, "He is the superintendent. What is his name?"

This opening is obviously very different from "Cinema Paradiso".

Alfredo in "Cinema Paradiso" can be said to be remembered by Toto for a lifetime.

And because of him, Toto never went back during his lifetime!

But in "Springtime of the Cowherd", Pierre no longer remembers this person's name.

"Clement Matthew!"

"Yes, what will he look like now?" Pierre said with a smile.

"Open!" Pepino picked up the photo, then handed the notebook underneath the photo to Pierre and said.

Pierre took the notebook and opened it. On the title page was written: "Pondside!" The name of the school.

"This is Matthew's diary, which he wrote when he was at the bottom of the pond! It records all his stories, and it is also our story!" Pepino said.

"This diary is for you! I wanted to give it to you on other occasions, but... I'll give it to you like this!" Pepino said again.

Pierre opened the first page of the diary, which had a hand-drawn picture of the gate of the school named "Pondside" back then!

From here, the movie officially enters Matthew's context.

"After years of failure in various places, I was convinced that worse was yet to come..."

"This is a boarding school specially established for the correctional education of troubled teenagers! At least that's what it claims to the outside world, Chidi! Even the name of the school seems to be tailor-made for me!"

A man with Mediterranean hair, the protagonist of the film, the superintendent, came to this school with his luggage.

There was a child standing there at the school gate, as if waiting for someone.

The gray sky, the indifferent half-open iron door, and a little boy hiding at the door were the first scenes he recorded in his diary.

This depressing first scene was painted on the title page of his diary with great care.

It's the beginning of everything.

"what are you doing here?"

"I'm waiting for Saturday!"

"Why?"

"Because my dad is coming to pick me up!"

When this little boy said this sentence, the audience obviously knew that he was Pepino!

"But today is not Saturday!" Matthew said.

At this time, someone from behind shouted "Pepino"!

Matthew took the opportunity to reveal his identity!

"Is this your first time as a school superintendent?" the visitor asked him.

"I used to teach in a private junior high school!"

"what class?"

"music class!"

"Then you will definitely get along well with Principal Ha Bin! He has played the trumpet before!"

"Really?" Matthew was a little surprised.

Three more girls walked over and greeted Pepino.

They are the principal's daughters.

At this moment, nothing seems to be different. This seems to be just an ordinary school.

This is also what Matthew and all the audience in the screening room are thinking at this moment.

However, everyone soon discovered that this was not the case.

On the first day he walked in here, Matthew realized the crisis of his situation.

Rather than saying "Pondside" is a re-education school for troubled teenagers, it is better to say that it is a prison full of violence and treachery.

Because the second student he saw when he entered the school, he was surprised, because the student was being punished corporally!

Fifteen days of public labor, that is, cleaning!

"What are the children here like?" Matthew couldn't help but raise his doubts.

How are children so special that they need to be punished in such a harsh way?

"Didn't anyone tell you?" the guard asked.

"No!" Matthew shook his head!

The guard said nothing and continued to lead the way.

Just when he was about to open the door to the infirmary, footsteps came from behind. It was Principal Ha Bin!

He is well dressed and does not look like the principal of the school.

He introduced himself, and Matthew quickly apologized, saying that he got the wrong timetable, so he was late.

But the principal was not polite at all, but said very seriously: "Punctuality is the basic rule here!"

The principal's reaction and attitude made many people frown, because it really made them feel more and more like the prison in "The Shawshank Redemption"!

And now here, the principal is the warden, so who are the prisoners?

Obviously all students are prisoners.

He took Matthew with him and told him the school rules and regulations!

But at this moment, a scream suddenly came, but it was the guard who covered his eyes, and the principal walked over angrily.

It turns out that he was injured by the prank played by the students here!

The principal said to Matthew angrily: "How "kind" our boarders are in nature!"

Obviously what he said was ironic!

At this time, the audience also felt that it didn't matter that the school would become like this and the principal would be so strict.

After all, if students actually engage in such a big thing, they are obviously not easy to manage!

He asked Matthew to ring the bell and let everyone gather!

"Perhaps we should call the doctor first!" Matthew couldn't help but said as he looked at the injured guard.

But what the principal said made him stunned: "Do you know how much it costs to see a doctor at home? I just told you, ring the bell and gather everyone!"

The principal is mean and mean.

Apparently he doesn't care about anything else but money!

The bell rang and the camera swept across the school. In fact, everyone had a feeling at this moment that this was not like a school at all, but like a prison.
To be continued...