The endless forest, the gurgling water, under the green screen like a fairyland, hides a murderous intention. The cautious stag passed by the bushes. Unexpectedly, a clay figurine like Rambo descended like a god, opened his hand with a knife, and held down the huge deer. For a moment, the sounds around him were intermittent, except for the heavy breathing of the clay figurine. At some point in the grass, several identical clay figurines emerged, with different heights. The leader was busy with the deer's chest for a while, and took out his heart and handed it to the hunter. This was his adult gift.
At first glance, the whole story seems like "Apocalypse", taking place in hunter-gatherer Indian tribes. But in this movie, it really takes place in a modern society, just the hustle and bustle of this jungle far away from the city.
A bearded father is living in this vast jungle with his six children. In addition to hunting and gathering, he also grows his own crops on weekdays, and he also has to train in fighting, rock climbing, hiking and other projects during the interval. When the night comes, the family sits together, no generator, no TV, no mobile phone or Internet, just around the bonfire, reading quietly under the stars. "Guns, Germs and Steel", "Thus Spoke Zarathustra"... It is unimaginable that this is a book list for a group of teenagers, without any entertainment, books have become the only outlet for them to know the world. The father seems to be an eminent monk, supervising the progress of the children's reading, and asks from time to time to talk about their feelings after reading, and of course, discussing and discussing quantum entanglement and other inexplicable advanced theories that we listen to.
It can be said that in the Garden of Eden established by this father, these children are like Adam who has not eaten an apple, peaceful and content. The forest that could not be seen at a glance was their entire world, and the only people who had the privilege to walk out of the forest were their father and older brother. After all, no matter how much they want to be isolated from the world, this world is eventually occupied by humans, and they regularly go down the mountain to exchange goods with people and ask for news, which has become their only connection with the world.
However, no matter what the dreamy utopia, if it is not strong enough to compete with the mainstream society, it will eventually shatter at the moment when the two sides meet. This opportunity came from the death of the mother, and the family decided to walk out of the mountains to complete the wishes of the mother's Buddhist funeral.
High-rise buildings, endless traffic and crowds, the prosperous world instantly planted a seed in the hearts of children: the world is so colorful, it is not the same as what you see in books. Although the six were as physically fit as professional athletes and as knowledgeable as university associate professors, they didn't know anything about the world that wasn't written down in books. The Garden of Eden that their father built for them became an island besieging them.
Why was this island built? There's a father's disappointment with the modern world, and a delusional delusion to treat his wife's mental illness. In any case, he escaped, and the seemingly king of the natural world is actually a coward in the real world. But he couldn't completely abandon reality. No matter what knowledge and values he gave to the children, they were all treasures infiltrating the blood of human development and the cornerstone of modern society.
His father, who has been isolated from the world for a long time, speaks straightforwardly and never beats corners. He seems to be open-minded and straightforward, but in fact there is no fear and inferiority in his heart. The children on the side always thought that their father was absolutely right, but after experiencing human-to-human collisions and being disliked by relatives, they found that their father's world was nothing more than sitting on the sidelines.
Desires to escape from the Garden of Eden, but dare not disobey the God of the Garden of Eden, only the second son dares to be the "Judas" who judged the Garden of Eden: he firmly wants to stay in the real society. God was furious and tried to take it by force, but almost killed his daughter.
It is a pity that the resistance of the children has ended here. In the end, the director gave God himself the way to open the Garden of Eden to reality. Fortunately, this God knows how to repent, and fortunately, this God still has humanity. He waved goodbye, leaving his angels where they were.
Family affection has become a neutralizer for the violent conflict in the movie. This time, God finally fell into the mortal world and became the real father. Although he would yearn for the forest outside the window, and although sitting in the house would be dazed, he gave the keys to the future to the children themselves. And he, like a door god, quietly accompanied them to grow, waiting for his own old age.
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