What the film wants to express, the director explained at the end of the film: Strength and beauty are like a taut bow, and I will do this until the end of my life. This shows the peculiar taste of the director.
Power and beauty, this film is full of such contrasts. Bow and harp, old man and girl, rough and delicate, offense and defense, retraction and release, love and hate, death and repayment. This contrast is cruel, but it has to be said that there is indeed a cruel beauty.
In a relatively closed environment, a man and a woman, even if they are one old and one young, what will their relationship be like? It is almost certain to go back to the most primitive relationship, which is the relationship between men and women, even the generations of grandfathers and grandchildren.
Because the huge panic brought about by absolute loneliness can only be comforted by the most stable relationship between men and women. But there is a huge age gap, one is haggard like a dead tree, and the other is as delicate as a flower.
The age gap creates a huge gap between the two. The old man wants to keep this life, and the young girl wants to break out of this life, and the contradiction arises.
Facing the girl who wanted to rush out, the old man put his death on it, and put the rope of the boat that the girl was driving away from around his neck. The girl could not resist the torment of her conscience, and finally gave in. At the moment when she was about to become a bride, the old man let go, and the entanglement full of love and hatred was regarded as a leap of pity. His love allowed him to complete the release of the girl.
The girl who is also grateful has also released the love-hate entanglement, and repays the old man's nurturing grace and admiration for her with her virginity. Therefore, the love that owes love has been paid, the debt that is owed has been paid, and finally dust returns to dust, and everyone returns to each place.
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