Ulysses’ twin brother, Lucas, did not exist from beginning to end. He was confessed to drowning from the very beginning. It was this unfortunate incident that caused Ulysses to have serious psychological problems: He always believed that Lucas was still alive. Still playing with him, talking with him, living with him. In addition, the translation of subtitles is also misleading, because the movie always shows the brothers acting together, so in the process of translating the subtitles, (I guess) the translator mixed "you" and "you". For example, if Ilias went home from play, his mother should say "You can count back", but the translator, like Ulyss, listened to this sentence as "You can count back" (if we translate from English) It is very difficult to identify this problem, because "you" and "you" in English are the same word. Of course, our translators may also deliberately do it to increase the interest of the movie), which misleads the audience and thinks Lucas Still alive. Precisely because the twin brothers are inseparable playmates, the mental shock to the other is conceivable when one leaves suddenly. Ilias’s psychological trauma did not get his mother’s attention because his mother was also suffering from the loss of her child. In addition, she was divorced again at this time, and her mood should be extremely depressed. Therefore, she still "played" carefreely. Ulysses would not have a good attitude; however, this was not enough to cause Ulys’s hatred, but at this time his mother had plastic surgery, which made Ulyss, who had psychological problems, mistakenly thought This man is not his real mother, and the tragedy just developed.
This is a movie shot with 35mm film, so the photography is very beautiful, especially the location scenes with hail and some night scenes. The ending of this movie has a very powerful plot reversal, which is very unexpected and will make everyone think. To the two famous big-tail wolf horror film.
On the surface, under the banner of a horror film, this film is actually an excellent psychological thriller. It follows the cold and violent route of Northern Europe, which is similar to "Dogfang", "Miss Violence" and "Borgman".
When watching the film, you must pay attention to the amount of information in the dialogue. The small details of the mother's dialogue are very delicate and pave the story, such as the names of the two boys in the mother's mouth, and the various props that appear.
Its narrative seems to be slow, but the inherent psychological drama tension between the characters is very strong, the dangerous relationship between the characters and the suspense of the drama have been advancing, and finally the suspense is solved, directly exploding the audience's three views, and the ending is like " Like the Spanish horror movies like "Pan's Labyrinth" and "Ghost Children's Courtyard", they follow a warm route.
This film is supervised by the famous Austrian director Ulyssy Seidel. It has a minimalist style and the story is easy to understand. A pair of beautiful twin boys and their mother live in a beautiful big room in the countryside, on the head of the mother. Wrapped in weird bandages, and then more weird things happened constantly, cold violence began.
There are many uncomfortable cold and violent plots in the film. For example, two cute babies exercise their fighting ability and they slap each other, just like the plot in the novel "The Diary of the Evil Child" by Yageta Christopher.
But this film is not about the childhood of two adorable babies, but about how evil an otherwise innocent child can become.
It is a bit like Michael Haneke's style. Once the violence comes, it is difficult to look directly at it. The photography is very precise, occasionally taking a lyrical route, and the subject is also very serious.
