After reading it, it takes a little time to slow down, recall the plot, and think about the derived meaning. I think this is what a good movie should have.
The film tells the American dream of a Korean family with one daughter and one son. Because the male protagonist is keen on farm life, the family moved from the city to the countryside. His wife complained about all kinds of complaints, was not used to living in the countryside, worried about being far away from the city, and worried that her youngest son (who had a heart attack) had an accident but could not receive timely treatment, and continued to use divorce as the final reconciliation. When the hero and heroine's life was not going well and their emotions were not going well, the heroine's mother appeared in their lives as a bystander. Bring a touch of joy to their teetering family. Just as the younger son said "Grandma is not a real grandma", grandma is indeed not a grandma in the traditional sense. After all, she taught him to run (because of heart disease, his mother didn't let him run), and encouraged his little grandson to be strong . Unexpectedly, his mother was accidentally paralyzed, and even more unexpectedly, he burned down the collection room of the crops that were finally grown and sold. However, this fire also gave the male and female protagonists an opportunity to let them know that they were inseparable from each other. After the fire, they invited Paul and a master to find the water source again in a way that the superstitious male protagonist used to disdain.
The plot has grassroots derived meanings:
1. The bumpy growth of crops in foreign countries reflects their difficulties in foreign countries.
2. Rediscovering the source of water symbolizes the reconciliation of men and women and a new start to life. It also symbolizes following the local customs, adjusting one's mentality, and starting anew to take root.
3. Unlike Korean families, water celery can grow wildly in foreign countries.
4. At the end of the film, the male protagonist and his youngest son came to the creek to harvest the well-grown water celery that was planted by the grandmother. It also symbolizes that they will take root deeply and grow wildly like water celery.
I think one of the points the film wants to express is: if you want to take root, you have to follow the local customs, no matter how difficult the process is, you have to persevere to the end, and you can take root here, just like water celery.
Korean movies and TV dramas are really not on the same level. The plot is delicate, the expression is advanced, and it has multiple meanings and certain social significance.
Digression: The United States has to say that it has created a veil of good yearning for people. But hasn't COVID-19 woke up those with the American Dream a little? The utopian American dream, it's about time.
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