The Female Archetype in the War of Ella
1950, influenced by the situation on the Korean peninsula, a Turkish army of 5,000 people rushed to South Korea, and Suleiman was one of them. In the middle of the night after the gunfire stopped, Suleiman found a little girl in the Woods. In this case, it is impossible to find her parents, otherwise her parents may have died. So Suleiman named her "Lyla" or "Ayla" in English, because she was found in the moonlight in the middle of the night, and her face was as bright as moonlight.
Later, Ella followed Suleiman into the army, and the army kept moving. Ella didn't complain strongly. On the contrary, she soon became a happy fruit in the army. And soon learned to understand some Turkish, won the favor of all the troops. Later, when the war ended, Suleiman's troops were told to go home. Even if thousands of people don't want to, Suleiman can only entrust Ella to a local orphanage and then embark on a journey back to China.
1999, Gerkuk earthquake, Suleiman read in the newspaper that South Korea was going to send a rescue team to Turkey. He examined all the photos in the newspaper carefully, because Ella might be in it. Suleiman recorded the whole World Cup between South Korea and Turkey in 2002. When the camera was aimed at Korean fans, he paused and searched one by one because he thought Ella might be in it.
In 20 10, South Korea invited Turkey to attend the 60th anniversary celebration, and Suleiman was one of the representatives. At the meeting, he told the story of meeting Ella many years ago, which immediately attracted the attention of many media, and some investigators of the authorities even began to trace and look for Ella! A woman who went to high school with Ella found the report and Ella came into public view.
Ella changed her name to Jinya after entering an orphanage to start a new life that year. She not only finished her studies, but also had a family of her own. Under the arrangement of the two places, Suleiman and Jin Zhengya finally reunited, and in the eyes of Suleiman's father, Jin Zhengya was still the five-year-old Ella.
A Brief Introduction to the Story of Ella: Daughter of War
The film tells a touching story between a Turkish officer who went to Korea to fight and a Korean orphan in 1950. 1950, under the ravages of artillery fire from all sides of the Korean War, Sergeant Suleiman, a Turkish soldier of the "United Nations Army", accidentally discovered a frozen Korean girl. She has no parents and can't see any help. On the verge of madness, fear and death, this little girl worried Suleiman. He risked his life to save her and took her to a military base to stay away from danger.
Not knowing her name and unable to communicate with her, Suleiman named her Ella to commemorate the moon on the disastrous night when they met. The two men instantly formed an inseparable bond, and Ella brought incredible joy to the Turkish soldiers caught in the war almost effortlessly.
However, when the war ended, Suleiman's brigade was told that they would return home. Suleiman could not bear to abandon Ella. He tried his best to take her away. After repeated failures, he was forced to send Ella to an orphanage, but he didn't give up hope of reuniting with her one day.