Four young children, the diligent Godi, the rude and tenacious Kreis, the funny Teddy, and the sensitive and cowardly Wayne, decided to walk along the railway into the forest, looking for a corpse. The beginning of the journey was pleasant. According to Wayne's statement, "It was really cool!" However, as the journey deepened, the fragile side of the children's hearts gradually emerged, and then there was panic and panic. It seems , Growing up is indeed not an easy task.
"Most stories about children, good stories, involve travel," Stephen King said, "just like the railroad journey in "Stand By My Side"." Most of Stephen King's stories, especially Stories involving children are generally about how these fragile hearts grow up, or the bad influence of childhood shadows on adult life. Stephen King’s story is dark and unpleasant. Rehn retains this point. In the movie, he severely accuses adults of indifference to children and the fact that children have to take adult responsibilities. "You are just a child, Godi." Kreis told his friends, however, for them, going home is no longer a warm concept-this is what every child yearns for.
To some extent, the children's awareness of the complexity of the adult world is at the core of this movie. In the movie, all four children have truly experienced this emotional pain. For Godi, this may seem particularly true. After many years, he looked back and realized that this was the most important lesson in his life: he gained strength from his friends and experienced the same pain. The movie did not show mercy to these children. On the contrary, Rehn asked them to face the pain directly and never fell into cheap sentimental. Renn was very familiar with the characteristics of these children and understood their confusion. For example, Ge Di, he endured the indifference of his parents, which came from his parents' inability to deal with the death of his brother. Kreis is in a similar situation. He is a strong guy from a terrible family under the control of authority. Although he returned the stolen money to the teacher, he still had to bear the notoriety of theft. All this was a devastating blow to him caused by the family.
When Kreis confessed to Godi, the narrative of the film quietly changed: Kreis collapsed, and Godi, the more emotional character, became calmer. This is a really painful scene. Rehn said: "My own experience is integrated here." He combined his understanding of Stephen King’s novel with his personal experience, and portrayed Godi as a hero in the movie, which is slightly different from the original intent of the novel. In the novel, Godi is just a spectator, a tragic hero.
Rehn once said that this is a movie about children. The children feel bad about themselves, but they cannot get approval from their parents, so they have to turn to friends for comfort. This comfort is very important, because everyone will be happy for him to see Godi's calm at the end of the movie. After all, he has just experienced the most important lesson in his life.
