The casting of the children 选小演员是很特别的
was something very particular.
I knew that I had to find children 我要找的孩子
who were almost living the same situation. 要有(剧中角色)一样的生活状况
They needed to understand what they were doing — 他们要知道自己在做什么
of course, the little kid, Treasure, 不过，那个小宝宝
is too small to understand what she was doing — 是不知道自己在做什么的
but it was very important for me 对我来说
that this film was not gonna have any actors. 这部电影并不需要演员
I was going to work with 我是在跟有同样经历的人们
people who have some kind of — 合作
the same experience, and who are gonna 他们会把自己的经历
bring their own experience into the film. 带入这部电影
It was very clear for me that Zain 我很清楚，Zain就是那个小孩
was the kid.
He had everything I had hoped I could find. 他拥有全部我希望的特征
When I was doing the briefing 我跟负责演员招募的人说
for the casting recruiters, I was almost thinking, 我觉得
"This is a mission impossible." I mean, what am I asking 这是个完不成的任务，我要求他们完成的
the crews to do? It's almost a miracle, 几乎是个奇迹
and we will never find Zain. 我们不可能找到演Zain的孩子
We will never be able to find the character. 我们不可能找到这个角色
But we found him. 但是我们找到了
He's a Syrian refugee who's been through a lot, 他是一个历经很多的叙利亚难民
and so he grew up on the streets, 他在街边长大
because he wasn't going to school, 他没有上过学
so he could barely read and write 几乎不会读和写
when we started shooting the film. He was 12. 我们开始拍摄的时候，他12岁
So he knew what we were talking about, 所以，他明白我们说的是什么
and that's why he was able to portray 所以他能把角色演得如此好
this character so well, and even —
he became — the name of the character 甚至，后来把角色的名字改成了他的名字
was not Zain in the script, but it became 一开始脚本里，孩子不叫Zain
Zain later on, because, for me, it's just one person. 后来，改成了Zain，对我而言，他们就是同一个人
Sometimes I feel like it's beyond us, 有时候，我觉得电影超出了我们
there's something bigger than us, 电影比我们(创作者)更有意义
also helping me believe in my story more, 它帮助我更相信这个故事
helping me tell the story more. 帮助我说出这个故事
Because you sort of start believing so much 因为你开始非常相信自己说的内容
in what you're saying; you feel like you have a mission. 你感觉到一种使命
It's not only about the film. 不仅仅是关于电影
It's not just another film. It's not just another story I'm telling. 这不仅仅是一部电影，不是又一个我说出的故事
Somehow, life is letting me 某种程度上，是生活让我
tell the real story without even me 说出这个真实的故事，并不是我的
orchestrating it. It's so amazing. 策划，这过程太奇妙
We shot for 500 hours of rushes, 我们拍了500小时的素材
six months of shooting, two years of editing. 拍了6个月，剪辑2年
So it was the adventure of my life. 算是我人生的探险
It's the experience of my life. 成了我人生的经历
It completely changed me. 它完全改变了我