Accept - let go, let go~

Eugenia 2022-04-23 07:01:57

This film is more about redemption and scrutiny~
Because of my father's domestic violence, my mother left with the heroine and my younger brother. Although they were poor and helpless, they were given abundant love and positive life guidance since childhood. Many clips are used to reinforce this point. Under the influence of her mother, the heroine is obviously full of hope for life, and she is convinced that life will definitely become better as her mother said. But a sudden malignant tumor took her mother's life, and the values ​​she had always believed in were hit, which seemed to deprive her of life support. Later, she derailed, took drugs, and promiscuous sex. She degenerated step by step and lost herself. Until one day she was about to have an abortion, she woke up like a dream, but she found a book about hiking on the Pacific Roof. After crying bitterly, she wanted to This is an opportunity to step into the wilderness, say goodbye to the rotten life, and start hiking that lasts for several months.

Facing the barren environment, the unprepared heroine, from the first time she set up a tent, used the stove for the first time, was in a hurry, even the movement of the rabbit could make her panic all night, and finally coped with it freely. It's a growing experience. Real outdoor hiking is unremarkable, except for cookie-cutter walking, which is a constant dilemma. But only in the wilderness can people instinctively return to the most basic desires of the body, eat, drink, sleep, and at the same time fight against willpower and desire. Under the dome, there are only you and nature, or only the dialogue between you and yourself. You can constantly examine yourself and understand your deeper needs. The constant flashbacks in the film are that the heroine is examining herself. In the past, it was precisely because of these cruel environments that she emptied herself again that she clearly understood what she wanted in her heart. In the end, the little boy's song aroused her longing for her mother, and the emotions that had been suppressed for many days were vented at this moment.

At the end of the film, it is the meaning of the whole film. The heroine initiates a series of tortures to herself. Is she redeemed? In fact, it doesn't matter anymore. Be redeemed and live in the shadow of her mother's death for a long time. The image of her mother who surrounds her all the time. From the peep-like trembling before, the camera suddenly turns. At this moment, the mother's expression is relieved. The shadow of her mother is actually herself. Learning to accept the death of her mother is the first thing she can be redeemed. Learning to face the unknown test is the first step in growth.

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Wild quotes

  • Cheryl: [Cheryl's first inscription on the trail guestbook] "If your Nerve, deny you - Go above your Nerve" - EMILY DICKINSON and Cheryl Strayed.

  • Cheryl: [voiceover] What if I forgive myself? What if I was sorry? But if I could go back in time, I wouldn't do a single thing differently. What if I wanted to sleep with every single one of those men? What if heroin taught me something? What if all those things I did were the things that got me here? What if I was never redeemed? What if I already was?

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