Friends who have read books on spirituality should know that a person includes three aspects of "existence", body, mind, and soul. The soul is the basis for the existence of mind and body.
The director wanted to express a point of view: "Most modern people have lost their souls." That is to say, many modern people have lost their "true self", and the "me" they identify with is only a series of "ego", and the ego is created by our thoughts. For example: Many people's ego includes "husband or wife, parent or child, boss or employee, etc." Just like the girl in the play, her strongest ego is the "child's mother", the young man's ego is the "husband of so-and-so", the injured man's ego is the child's father (play It is specifically mentioned that he has a daughter)", and the little boy's ego is "the mother's child". All of them have lost their "true self (that is, soul)", then their bodies and minds will naturally disappear. Why didn't the little boy disappear in the end? I think it was because he found his "true self" in the end. Because the child has not been influenced by too much society, and the ego is not strong enough, it is easier to find the "true self".
But there is a loophole here, that is, the baby should not disappear, because when a person is born, the true self is the strongest... Maybe the director let the two children represent all the children!
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