Everyone is an island, trapped in their own circumstances.
The younger sister, who is drawn by fate, can't speak, but naturally wants to play the flute and get close to the ocean.
The taciturn father, blinded by the pain of losing his wife, will only use his own methods to toughly guard his sister.
The grandma, who was not allowed to cry, thought the city was safer and took the siblings away from their homes.
The owl witch, who sucks emotions, can't bear to see others suffer, and would rather turn them all into stone.
The elf who is looking forward to returning home, as long as his sister sings to send him home, he will not hesitate to kidnap his sister.
Everyone's thoughts are completely different, and their desires are intricate and entangled in a messy hair like a dead knot.
Only brother, flexible, active and brave.
Although he is not the origin of the story, nor does he have the power to end it.
It can only be called a "human child", and even the name has no elves' attention.
But he pushed the whole story forward.
Like the sea, it connects all the islands.
He took care of his mother's beetle.
He remembers all the songs.
He wrote down the route home.
He rushed into the sea looking for the seal coat.
He guides his sister to sing the song of the sea.
He tried his best to keep his mother.
He is the guardian, the seeker, the leader.
He is also just a little boy who misses his mother.
As a moviegoer who is more likely to be attracted by the plot, he will always struggle with "why", "how", "who are they".
This kind of poetry-like film narrative has straightforwardness, escapes, foreshadowing, and doubts.
It's hard for me to put my heart into it.
I can only be a bystander, admiring the somewhat suspended beauty through the frame.
Brother Ben is the most down-to-earth character in this dream, a real "human child".
Only his every step can really step into my heart.
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