Beautiful Animation Shows What It's Like to Be Homesick in a New Country | Short Film Showcase

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  • Опубліковано 12 лис 2024

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  • @MultiAtieh
    @MultiAtieh 6 років тому +69

    I moved from Tehran to US in the same year. I totally feel you..Sometimes it makes you wonder whether or not you did the right thing

    • @matinyazdi8645
      @matinyazdi8645 5 років тому +2

      I don't know how to like your comment a million times...

  • @viiyaxyz
    @viiyaxyz Рік тому +11

    I keep asking myself "is the growth worth the sacrifice? Is it really worth this sharp pain that disturbs my sleep every night?"

  • @mutiakhair6575
    @mutiakhair6575 7 років тому +14

    I was an exchange student. I felt the difficulty of language. But, 3 months was enough to overcome it. It was a challenging time, but the way to cut off your fear is openness and communication. I don't care people sometimes laughed on my accent. Slowly they admit me as the part of their community. What a beautiful time in life.

  • @aoikumina
    @aoikumina 7 років тому +29

    Homesick for 5 years until now 😭😂

  • @CaribbeanGlow
    @CaribbeanGlow 9 місяців тому +1

    7 years in the USA and I'm still crying cause of the painful homesickness. I do not plan to live in the USA forever because of this.

  • @greengreen7188
    @greengreen7188 7 років тому +53

    you don't have to be on another country to feel homesick,but surely its much worse if you were=/

  • @chamino05
    @chamino05 6 років тому +17

    I'm a Colombian living in Munich ...it has been hard most with the language, this animation gave me lots of hope.

    • @flowergirl2193
      @flowergirl2193 2 роки тому

      Yo tambien!!! pero vivo en sachsen anhalt

  • @emeillepaez9234
    @emeillepaez9234 7 років тому +38

    I like the metaphor, great storytelling, indeed. I never realized homesickness so deep as this, so sad but enlightening; we are all geraniums whose roots must take time to grow... stronger!

    • @NatGeo
      @NatGeo  7 років тому

      What a great observation! We're glad you found this short enlightening!

  • @kushcloud420
    @kushcloud420 2 роки тому +1

    I'm from Wales and live in London and I get really homesick cos I miss my hometown and my sister so much

  • @TALKmd
    @TALKmd 7 років тому +5

    Beautiful film,beautiful animation,story teller , building ,and the finish.
    Thank you.

    • @NatGeo
      @NatGeo  7 років тому +1

      Thank you for watching and being a fan! 🌟

  • @gabzpot
    @gabzpot 7 років тому +9

    So incredibly inspiring. The animation style with the acting voice is mesmerazing.

    • @NatGeo
      @NatGeo  7 років тому +2

      Well said! We're happy you felt inspired by this piece!

  • @GenericUsername1388
    @GenericUsername1388 Рік тому +1

    I'd never thought I'd feel homesick after traveling overseas but here I am 🥲

  • @NineALaMoi
    @NineALaMoi 7 років тому +10

    I moved to Asia from Europe and although I do not have these exact same experiences, the feeling that you express is very very similar. This is not my home and it never will be.

  • @rezataghipour7547
    @rezataghipour7547 7 років тому +12

    It makes me cry as I'm in similar situation😭😢

  • @AndresGuerrero
    @AndresGuerrero 7 років тому +21

    I just move to US a few months ago and I feel the same, the hard part is the language, you think you speak English until you are in country with native speakers 😰

    • @misspat7555
      @misspat7555 3 роки тому +1

      English is a very hard language, even native speakers have accents and dialects and argue about the right ways of speaking. Sometimes, there is even more than one right way to say something, and our idioms are a nightmare. I just realized that is a metaphor, it means that our idioms are like something that would be in a nightmare... So if a native speaker is upset that you have an accent, or are speaking a foreign language on the phone, or do not understand them, or use a word wrong, they are just being rude, do not mind them. 🙂

  • @kala.k3ndr4
    @kala.k3ndr4 7 років тому +67

    TO THE PERSON READING THIS-
    HAVE A GREAT DAY AND LIFE AHEAD! U R BEAUTIFUL JUST THE WAY U R! KEEP SMILING, LOVING AND BEING YOURSELF! U R LOVED AND CARED FOR! FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS! U R TOTALLY WORTH IT!!!❤👍😊😇💗💞💕💟💓

    • @nahfam4362
      @nahfam4362 7 років тому +1

      U good ?

    • @mashpranav
      @mashpranav 7 років тому +4

      Video made my day, your comment bettered it.
      Regards 😊

    • @Gloria-gc4jc
      @Gloria-gc4jc 7 років тому +1

      Tan linda! Gracias

    • @e30xxx51
      @e30xxx51 6 років тому +1

      very very nice

  • @Soy_boy-by8ez
    @Soy_boy-by8ez 4 роки тому +4

    I understand this feeling of not belonging, it's scary !

  • @curiousladyinla
    @curiousladyinla 3 роки тому +1

    So beautiful. Thank you.

  • @MrRamkulov
    @MrRamkulov 7 років тому +3

    So true and amazing. Immigration is a pain.

  • @maedemgs
    @maedemgs Рік тому

    وسط کتابخونه تو دل فرانکفورت بعد از دوماه مهاجرت،با این ویدیو از اعماق قلبم گریه کردم

  • @views-us2zr
    @views-us2zr 6 років тому +2

    My dad is in the military so o move a lot, I was born in Arkansas I lived there for 2 years, then I moved to Japan for 3 years, then Germany for 4, then Belgium for 3 and now American again for 1 and I feel like I still know nothing about America. I am very homesick, very very homesick.

  • @Tired_Farmer
    @Tired_Farmer 7 років тому +11

    I needed this video cus I'm gonna move soon

    • @DBT1007
      @DBT1007 7 років тому +2

      TJ Groenewald good luck. Hope u can quickly adapt to new home

  • @Jam-in-the-uk
    @Jam-in-the-uk 3 роки тому +1

    Two years in Turkey and still homesick 🥺

  • @pranjal86able
    @pranjal86able 7 років тому +2

    I came to Canada from India in 2011 as well to study. Your story and mine are very similar. Why do we do this to ourselves?

  • @sithis3651
    @sithis3651 7 років тому +2

    Greetings from Venezuela

  • @n1303144
    @n1303144 7 років тому +1

    Tomorrow I have to move to work in a new city pretty far away from my hometown, just thinking about it make me sad and I scrolled down the youtube notification videos and accidentally found this.

  • @tyrhak6031
    @tyrhak6031 7 років тому +1

    There's a lot of people who don't get the chance to chase their passions into a place where the environment around them seems to alienate them and them only thing left is their work ethnic and family bribing them back home or taunting them for leaving. This was a story, then illustrated to translate something clearer to common people. Monochromatic scenery made the viewer relate to being isolated and only able to see black and white. Good video, hope in brings a lot of understanding to people strong with their own beliefs and endeavors to never give their success time and other things... ^w^

    • @NatGeo
      @NatGeo  7 років тому

      We admire your observation and are so happy you enjoyed watching!

  • @AAYMF
    @AAYMF 7 років тому +6

    Beautiful ❤️👍

    • @NatGeo
      @NatGeo  7 років тому +1

      We love these animations and inspiring story!

  • @idonthaveahandle2000
    @idonthaveahandle2000 4 роки тому +4

    Some plants just die when they are moved sadly

  • @Lilacdaze77
    @Lilacdaze77 7 років тому +16

    I'm moving soon from Asia to scandinavia in a few mths and I am so nervous 😟 I don't speak the language and it would be a whole new climate to me but for the sake of a better life, I have to be brave

    • @Kveerforever
      @Kveerforever 7 років тому +1

      Asotlover Best of luck!

    • @chetansahu5988
      @chetansahu5988 7 років тому +1

      Good luck to you! 😁

    • @ibreathenapalm1112
      @ibreathenapalm1112 7 років тому +1

      Asotlover I know how you feel. Get ready to be taboo-ed, learning knew stuff that you don't really want to know, familiarize some new traditions I.e squatting, and most of all learning to quote yourself being short. Trust me I've been there😞

    • @jayfawn8478
      @jayfawn8478 7 років тому

      Stupid idea to leave your country and don't know the foreign land language. Wag bobita at magkalat sa ss. Ha

    • @yeet-vm7ql
      @yeet-vm7ql 6 років тому +1

      Yall act like she has a choice, what if her parents got a job? She cant just gO baCk

  • @vahidgholami5092
    @vahidgholami5092 7 років тому +1

    Love from Iran

  • @hookbeak3516
    @hookbeak3516 3 роки тому

    This delightfully imaginative animation really clarifies in simple language, the complexity & worries of studying in a foreign city to a new country. Born & bred in the U.K but I still understand how there was immediate culture shock for me, when I arrived at JFK then Lower East Side in Manhattan. The comparison between geranium & its roots was most clever.

  • @sidchandran5057
    @sidchandran5057 7 років тому +1

    Beautiful.

  • @abdurakhmonovabdulaziz6051
    @abdurakhmonovabdulaziz6051 3 роки тому +1

    almost two years 🥺

  • @akaymon2443
    @akaymon2443 7 років тому

    Thank you so much for this video file

    • @NatGeo
      @NatGeo  7 років тому

      Thanks for watching and being a fan!

  • @peterguitarhowitt268
    @peterguitarhowitt268 7 років тому

    Thanks for the post, we all like this sometimes.

  • @divass77
    @divass77 Рік тому

    Thanks for this video. I'm in US and I can relate to that. 😑

  • @automationsolution
    @automationsolution 6 років тому +3

    I wish I had known about this beautiful metaphor earlier. Homesickness has failed my plans already.

  • @SunGodNika-bi2jr
    @SunGodNika-bi2jr 7 років тому +22

    Who's here before the 100,000 views

  • @jermed2001
    @jermed2001 7 років тому

    I’ve been homesick before on a few occasions whether near or far. It’s both good and bad.

  • @imanuellaruthrayani5887
    @imanuellaruthrayani5887 7 років тому

    AWESOME!

    • @NatGeo
      @NatGeo  7 років тому

      Right?! We're so happy you loved the video!

  • @LauraS_1194
    @LauraS_1194 7 років тому

    Beautifully done :D

    • @NatGeo
      @NatGeo  7 років тому

      Absolutely! Thanks for watching 😁

  • @DonYelleandDiana
    @DonYelleandDiana 7 років тому

    loved this

  • @parkertrager4849
    @parkertrager4849 7 років тому

    Beautiful

  • @debsmith7050
    @debsmith7050 7 років тому

    Excellent 💙

  • @TheHENpp
    @TheHENpp 7 років тому +2

    How did I end up on the good part of UA-cam?

  • @spexXVII
    @spexXVII 7 років тому

    I am sharing the same feeling.

  • @Errorcutive
    @Errorcutive 7 років тому +1

    This sounded over dramatic than what i feel for 2 month as a indonesian student in australia, idk if i have a better preparation by playing online video game in us server and practicing my english there that develop my accent to be a bit more southern murica, or its just me that never feel that i never felt attached to any nation or organization due to the discrimination because my race or being a rich kid or always being my teacher favorite.
    My point being i think its easier for me due to my disconnection and understanding of both side of coin both bad and good of the culture that im going to face.
    I dont know if this will help, but imo the best way to relieve homesickness is to feel never having one.

  • @DAG8558
    @DAG8558 7 років тому +1

    cool video

  • @machaon7300
    @machaon7300 7 років тому +4

    I moved from france to germany and I kinda hate it hier 😂

  • @hesamusa
    @hesamusa 7 років тому

    Good Job آفرین.

  • @Theanakkcfjjkd48
    @Theanakkcfjjkd48 2 роки тому

    ah reminds me of school camp

  • @matinyazdi8645
    @matinyazdi8645 5 років тому +1

    چقدر تمام این پنج دقیقه من بودم.....

  • @fakhrulzainal5384
    @fakhrulzainal5384 3 роки тому +1

    That's Dan Avidan from Game Grumps

  • @KZXten
    @KZXten 7 років тому +1

    I'm homesick! This world is not my home...
    ▪Philippians 3:20 But our citizenship is in heaven. And we EAGERLY await a Savior (Jesus Christ) from there, the Lord Jesus Christ.
    ▪Titus 2:13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ.

  • @roinymphornithorynque3282
    @roinymphornithorynque3282 7 років тому

    wow

  • @heavenzsound7722
    @heavenzsound7722 4 роки тому

    I'm doing this for class lol

  • @aydansaa
    @aydansaa 7 років тому

    👏👏👏

  • @lukakostallas4576
    @lukakostallas4576 7 років тому +1

    people asked me if there were dogs in my country...

  • @pritisonkar2841
    @pritisonkar2841 7 років тому

    👌👌👌

  • @alexali9932
    @alexali9932 3 роки тому

    Can somebody tell me about the name of the accordion track playing in the background track

  • @dwiranu5394
    @dwiranu5394 7 років тому

    Persepolis.

  • @Soy_boy-by8ez
    @Soy_boy-by8ez 4 роки тому +1

    What is the song ??

  • @Hartono25277
    @Hartono25277 7 років тому

    32 sandwich ingredients?!?!?!?

  • @francescosenatore3504
    @francescosenatore3504 7 років тому

    Cordenons (PN)

  • @pritisonkar2841
    @pritisonkar2841 7 років тому +1

    hiii

  • @jayfawn8478
    @jayfawn8478 7 років тому

    I wonder if I gonna miss my shitty country if I move to US someday

  • @andrewdrumm9158
    @andrewdrumm9158 7 років тому

    Hi

  • @sirraulo9002
    @sirraulo9002 7 років тому

    i can see Illuminati logo

  • @78anurag
    @78anurag 3 роки тому +1

    Idk what's up with people with homesickness I kinda love traveling lol

    • @michaelsoza4183
      @michaelsoza4183 2 роки тому +1

      The WHOLE problem is if you can't get back to your homeland. That means that your family or other people in your homeland cheated on you and want you far away. If you are a tourist and can get back anytime, this is just fun! It's like a door that closes behind you. If you have the key, NO PROBLEM …!!

    • @kxenia7852
      @kxenia7852 2 роки тому +1

      Travelling is voluntary. But some people move due to economic reasons and perhaps cant get back. So theyr family is split in half

  • @anitahendricks
    @anitahendricks 2 роки тому

  • @Italian_Isaac_Clarke
    @Italian_Isaac_Clarke 7 років тому

    Man up.

  • @תאופילג
    @תאופילג 7 років тому

  • @jayfawn8478
    @jayfawn8478 7 років тому +2

    Seems funny she missed the repressive islamic iran.

  • @michaelsoza4183
    @michaelsoza4183 2 роки тому

    Disgusting lies. This is the case of a rich girl who can get back to her homeland if she wants. If you are a poor refugee, you can't get back WHATEVER happens to you. LIARS. If you have options, you should not complain. Or if you feel you can't get back, then the problem is in your homeland and the people (family, etc.) that obliged you to stay abroad!

    • @graysongarner7479
      @graysongarner7479 Рік тому

      If that is the case... then I am a rich kid who can most definitely go back to my homeland if I want. I have been in Germany for 8 months now and her situation is just as valid as mine. She never claims to be a refugee in the video. Maybe if we tone down the assumptions, we could see that no matter where one is from and where one moves, culture shock, language difficulties, and homesickness are experienced. If you replaced Iran with any other country and remade the video, it would be the exact same narrative. But if this all boils down to her being from Iran, it's nonetheless ironic because your comment supports her claims about the attitudes towards her people. It's a shame really.

  • @arkabhsaha
    @arkabhsaha 7 років тому

    254th

  • @markotrajanov8651
    @markotrajanov8651 7 років тому

    3rd

  • @inaayariaz4073
    @inaayariaz4073 7 років тому

    Earlyyyyyyyyy

  • @VivekGopinathan
    @VivekGopinathan 7 років тому