Who is he? Where is he from? Where is he going?

Denis 2022-12-12 01:47:15

Thanks to this director and these few understatements, every young literary and artistic youth has hollowed out his thoughts and turned the original film into flowers.
I don't deny that this movie may really be full of innuendo and allegory. But it's probably "a thousand Hamlets in the eyes of a thousand people." After watching this movie, I didn't have any will to dig its deeper connotation, and I was slowly regretting it.
Yes, sorry.
Especially when my father's body was slowly sinking with the boat, and Ivan voluntarily called out the name "father" for the first time, the feeling almost made me cry.
There is a saying, "Missed, it's not wrong, it's over." Ivan lost the opportunity to mend the relationship with his father forever. He didn't have the opportunity to apologize for what he did, he didn't have the opportunity to climb the high platform with his father to see the scenery like his brother, and he didn't have the opportunity to enjoy the time with his father... The teacher analyzed that this child is the real protagonist of the movie, because he Stronger than his brother's will, he doesn't go with the flow. But in my opinion, he's just a little kid who hasn't grown up and still has a little bit of middle school. He's not afraid of anything, and he's a true supporter of skepticism. He has a distrustful attitude towards everything. But it is these characteristics of his character that will make him regret for the rest of his life in the future, because he will never hear his father answer the questions he asks in person.
Who are you? where are you from? Where are you going?
The most basic question of philosophy, the truly classical way of asking, asks why, and finds purpose. These foreshadowings buried from the beginning of the film, I thought that with the development of the plot, as the relationship between father and son gradually became harmonious, we would give us answers in a leisurely manner. By the way, there may be the return of the father, the approval of the child, and finally the possibility of There is also a little touching family drama. Who knows that everything ends under that watchtower.

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The Return quotes

  • [first lines]

    [on-screen caption: Sunday]

    [boy falls in the water, then floats up]

    Zavodila: Jump as we agreed! Who climbs down the ladder is a cowardly wanker.

    [swims to the shore]

    Boy on Tower: Go on, Vityok. You're next.

  • [last lines]

    Ivan: Look...

    [shows a photo to Andrey]

    Andrey: Hide it.

    [Ivan puts the photo back]

    Ivan: Andrey, my feet are wet.

    Andrey: Take your shoes off.