The close-up and long shots make the film a bit depressing and dull. There are no so-called big scenes and plot twists. It just follows the filming to present the male protagonist and focuses on the male protagonist.
Although the whole process is out of focus, it also presents a terrifying reality in the male protagonist's stalking. The voices outside the screen are also telling all kinds of cruelty. Although there are no big scenes or close-up shots of bloody violence, it is enough to make people shudder.
That cruel history also created distorted human nature and tested people's beliefs. I don't know what the beliefs in the film are about. Why do people go to the rabbis after death? This is a religious issue, and I have never understood it.
The male protagonist is obsessed with finding a rabbi, regardless of the feelings and life and death of the people around him. On the one hand, it is faith, a faith that transcends life and death, and on the other hand, it is also love. The love for children is crazy. So much so that he almost lost his life several times, and also caused his companion to lose his life.
From this point of view, the male protagonist is a selfish person who only considers his own beliefs and love, so there are almost no other people in the camera, or there are very few other people's scenes. And how many people who are so obsessed and inflexible will there be in reality? This kind of distinctive character characteristics and such absurd behavior settings may also reflect the brutal war that distorts human nature, and it is in line with the dream of people in that period of history who were repressed and enslaved and wanted to rise up to resist and break free from bondage.
There is no clever way to tell the story, but it is such a common story combined with a strong personal style picture that makes this movie.
As for the interpretation of the ending, everyone may have their own ideas. Many people only say that the ending is very shocking. Where is the shock? What I want to say is not shock, but hope. No matter what the identity of the little boy who finally appeared, when he appeared in Sol's field of vision, Sol saw hope. Even if the little boy was imagined by Sol, he was also there in the end. Running into the distance at the sound of gunfire. One boy, two boys, thousands of boys, or this generation, also have a freer future.
The title of the film is "Son of Sol". It is not only his son. In fact, Sol has no son, but the generation. Sol believes that he should be thrown into the arms of the Lord, and should not be brutally killed, dissected and burned into the sea. Living in an inhumane place and ending it, let alone let dignity be trampled on.
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