In fact, the story is very simple. The tree spirit told the little boy three stories to untie the boy's heart and enable him to face the blow of his mother's death. The dryad is actually the little boy's grandfather. There is a photo of the mother sitting on the shoulder of her grandfather when she was a child; in the mother's painting at the end, the little girl is sitting on the shoulder of the tree spirit. The voice of the dryad and the grandfather in the photo are actor Liam Neeson.
Grandpa, as a tree spirit, once guarded his mother, and will guard his grandson in the future. The story was told by my grandfather to my mother, and now to my grandson.
First story: Good people and bad people are not what people think they are and should not be judged casually. Little boys should not see their grandmother and father as their enemies.
Second story: choose carefully what you should believe, and be firm in your beliefs. The mother's original treatment plan was not ideal, so she gave up scientific treatment under the persuasion of her grandmother and switched to a treatment similar to traditional herbal medicine. The end result is bound to be futile. Grandpa was very angry and led the little boy to smash grandma's living room as punishment.
The third story: You can only face the pain in your own heart bravely, and you shouldn't abuse yourself with other people's fists. Submissive beatings will only make yourself more miserable, and it will also make others look down on you even more.
The story of a little boy: Although he is reluctant, he is unwilling to face the fact that his mother will die. If your heart is obsessed, your heart will also be dragged into the dark abyss. But choose to let go, face it calmly, and let mother leave with peace of mind. This is neither unfilial nor sinful.
If you have to watch the film as if the dryad does not exist, as a little boy's fantasy. Each fantasy scene is endowed with some kind of psychological projection in reality. Then it's hard for you to appreciate this movie. When the director shows you the movie, it becomes your story. How you understand it is up to you.
Many people compare this movie with "Pan's Labyrinth". In fact, "Pan's Labyrinth" is the same. If you believe in the fantasy scenes, the story is that the daughter of Hades was lost in the world. After Pan's guidance and test, Finally returned to the kingdom of God, a fairy tale loved by the subjects. If you think that everything is just a little girl's imagination, then it is a human tragedy in which both mother and daughter died.
Just like in "The Fantastic Drifting of the Young Pi", Pi asked the reporter: "I told two stories, which one do you prefer?" The reporter replied: "Of course it is the one with the tiger."
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