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I chose this still image form Fire at Sea for multiple reasons. First, from a cinematic standpoint the shot of the father talking to his son seeing his reflection creates duality in the scene. This is a common motif in the film, the doctor deals with both the lives of the refugees and the locals that live on the island. This reflection in the mirror represents that common theme. The scene also helps convey the theme of movement. For the refugees that movement is coming to Europe for a better life, for the father it is the boat, traveling around and not stopping anywhere. All the pictures that are on the boat also help with this theme because it is of people that the father met along his trip. He said he met some people from Korea specifically. The doctor’s life can be tied back into this by the movement of him going between both realities of refugees and the locals. The idea of movement and not having a home is showed via these three things. While later in the film the soccer game brings that identity back, the films focus on refugees provides evidence that it is a major theme.

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