I am reminded of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. It's a cruel joke of fate that these two protagonists have such similar circumstances, but they have gone on completely different lives.
Despair is the veiled tone of both films. I don't see this as a benefit when I am fully limbed, only when I am paralyzed. Therefore, the protagonist of "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" or the protagonist of "Sleep in the Deep Sea" misses the freedom of the past so much, and can't accept the bleak life of being unable to take care of himself in the hospital bed even when he goes to the toilet.
The protagonist of "Eternal Sleep" believes that when freedom is lost, life is over. It stopped abruptly when his head hit the sand bottom. He floated feebly like a discarded plastic bag, looking at the dim sunlight through the water, and from that moment on he longed for death.
The protagonist of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is different. He also experienced paralyzed despair and wanted to die to be released, but in the end he chose the butterfly. Hope doesn't just exist in the future, when your life has meaning, it's also in every stitch of your memory. His longing for death was dispelled by such hope and love.
Of course, the two films are trying to express completely different things. "Eternal Sleep" wants to express that life is a right, and I have the right to maintain my last dignity in a decent way. "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" is that although the second half of my life will be ruined, my hope will lead me forward.
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