The heroine, Cheryl, lost her marriage after experiencing the death of her mother and became involved in drugs and promiscuity. During the abortion, she stumbled across an introduction to a hiking trail on the Pacific Ridge. For some reason, maybe "except for the courage" , I have nothing to lose,” so Cheryl set out on the 2,663-mile PCT hike that runs through the American Wild West, from the Mexican border to the north to the Canadian border.
Cheryl has no definite purpose to set foot in the wilderness, or want to gain anything by hiking, or even have any plans, she just hates her life and wants to get rid of her living environment, "death", "drugs", "promiscuity" ", "Divorce" and "Abortion" all made Cheryl deeply doubt herself, her life, and the meaning of her being loved. That's what happened when I got to the road and encountered situations like I couldn't set up my tent, I couldn't use the stove, I walked four or five miles a day, I brought a bunch of useless stuff, and even a dozen condoms, maybe a dozen. At the beginning, in the film, Cheryl was not thinking about getting redemption through this journey (yes, I am talking about redemption here, or regaining relative freedom), but just a kind of eagerness to release herself, eager to feel herself in the uninhabited wilderness There is also the existence of my mother in the memory, the urgent desire to escape everything from reality, I don’t know if everyone has suddenly had such emotions in real work and life, but they often fall asleep and continue as usual, It's like the heart has never fluctuated.
After stepping into the wilderness, the film shows the memories of Cheryl and her mother to the audience scene by scene, which is exactly what I can give the film four stars. I really like the way of flashbacks, and What's more important is to explain to the audience why the death of the mother will bring such a big blow to Cheryl and her brother. Before that, the mother, like everything, was a character that had to be admired and liked, Shelly Her mother fell in love with an alcoholic and gave birth to the two of them. However, the family life was not pleasant. The often alcoholic father often yelled at them, and even started to do it. In the end, Cheryl's mother was forced to escape with her two children. Afterwards, I had to admire the strength of this mother. In order to prevent her two children from growing up well due to the lack of fatherly love, she tried her best to bring love and joy to this family. What is even more admirable is these It was the mother's heartfelt actions and words, she told Cheryl: "Although we have nothing, what I want to teach you most is how to find the best version of yourself, you think I will regret marrying someone Are you an alcoholic, no, I won't, because I have you, because I have you, Cheryl, and your brother." Cheryl asked back: "Then have you done your best? ". Yes, this mother can only helplessly answer me no, but I am trying hard, her mother often sings and dances at home; takes them to rub the wild grass in her hands, and then feels the natural fragrance with her nose; takes them to meet the rising sun, Waiting for the sunset, saying "every day there will be sunrise and sunset, you can choose how to do it"; even go to the same university as your daughter at the age of your aunt, read literature, read poetry, put on makeup...
At the end of the film, the appearance of the little boy seems to bring an end to Cheryl's walk. We can't know what the little boy is going through from the eyes of the little boy. We only know that he has experienced bad things and will never see his father again. , This little boy is very polite, sensible, and has a very delicate mind (as seen from the question he asked the heroine), these questions and the last song sung by the little boy touched the heart of the heroine, which is also the emotional part of the film A climax. At the end of the trekking route, Cheryl admitted a lot, heroin, men, redemption, forgiveness, and the departure of her mother... She walked into this wilderness because of grief and confusion, and at the end, Cheryl knew what she wanted Where to go and where to go is not a clear goal, it is not to know all the answers to these questions, but to recognize yourself, to accept the imperfection of life, to recognize the reality and closeness of life, just like fish living in water is enough. "How crazy, just let it go".
The original intention of watching this movie is because I listened to "Song of the Eagle". In addition, this movie is adapted from the 2012 autobiography of the same name by American writer Cheryl Thred, so I need to know more about Cheryl's mental journey , it is recommended to read the book. Movies have things that movies need to express, and movies are just movies after all. The most important thing is our own life at the moment.
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