This video depicts the pain that some children endure at the hands of their own parents. Unable to defend themselves, with one to stand and protect them.
The footage that I choose draws a parallel with two real stories of two girls beaten do death by their own mothers. The videos are "Concrete angel" video and a movie that was recently shown on my local tv station "Aurore".
Disclaimer: I don't own anything but the creation process and the ideas behind this work, from which I make no profit.
Concrete Angel lyrics
(Inger incremenit in piatra)
She walks to school with the lunch she packed
Nobody knows what she's holdin' back
Wearin' the same dress she wore yesterday
She hides the bruises with linen and lace
(Merge spre scoala cu dejunul impachetat,
Nimeni nu stie ce ascunde,
Purtand aceeasi rochie ce avut-o si ieri,
Isi ascunde vanataile cu bumbac si dantela)
The teacher wonders but she doesn't ask
It's hard to see the pain behind the mask
Bearing the burden of a secret storm
Sometimes she wishes she was never born
(Profesoara se mira dar ea nu spune nimic nimic,
E greu sa vezi durerea din spatele masti,
Purtand povara unei furtuni secrete,
Cateodata isi doreste sa nu se fii nascut)
Through the wind and the rain
She stands hard as a stone
In a world that she can't rise above
But her dreams give her wings
And she flies to a place where she's loved
Concrete angel
(Prin vant si ploaie,
Sta puternica precum o stanca,
Intr-o lume din care nu se poate inalta,
Dar visele ii dau aripi,
Si zboara spre un loc unde e iubita,
Un inger incremenit in piatra)
Somebody cries in the middle of the night
The neighbors hear, but they turn out the lights
A fragile soul caught in the hands of fate
When morning comes it'll be too late
(Cineva plange in mijlocul noptii,
Vecinii aud,dar inchid luminile,
Un suflet fragil e prins in mainile sortii,
Cand dimineata va veni,va fi prea tarziu)
[Repeat Chorus]
A statue stands in a shaded place
An angel girl with an upturned face
A name is written on a polished rock
A broken heart that the world forgot
(O statuie ascunsa intr-un loc umbros,
Un inger de fata cu chipul schimonosit,
Un nume sta scris pe piatra lustruita,
O inima franta pe care lumea a uitat-o)
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