The film won the 2004 Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film Nomination, the 2003 Russian Film Critics Association's Best Screenplay, Best Newcomer and Best Film Awards, and the 2003 Venice Film Festival Best Debut, Golden Lion Award, etc.
It's just that from the many scenes that flashed in the movie, I couldn't confirm a lot of information in it.
1: Why did this father come back suddenly? (According to another comment, it is said that the parents have divorced, because the mother felt that there was a problem in the growth process of the son, and therefore hoped that the ex-husband would come to fulfill the responsibility of being a father. Or another speculation that the father was used to wandering outside and didn’t like it. The restraint of the family, but due to the negative impact of the lack of paternal love on the growth of the child, or the father’s environment, the mood has changed, such as the disintegration of the Soviet Union at that time, whether many soldiers were unemployed or retired + his own comfort, such as after he brought The son went to see that beautiful island, but the family’s blood relationship that a person would have in his lifetime led to his return this time.)
2: On the night when the father came back, when the mother slept on the bed, there would be a hint of expectation, expecting this man, the child's father would have some affectionate behaviors towards him, but the father did not, there would be a hint of helplessness in the eyes of the mother And disappointed. So does this father really have no love or affection for this mother? why is that.
3: When the father and the youngest son Ivan were staying here in a strange town and waiting for the eldest son to come back, a sexy woman walked by the car. The father's eyes were attracted, but the feeling was just a slightly natural expression. But at this time, there was a resentment in the expression of the youngest son. Is this rude-looking guy my father? The man who was also interested in other women was so unruly and inconsistent with the children's pure emotional convictions, which led to the feeling that this father was a little disappointing, besides being rude and lustful, and feeling less serious like a criminal.
4: The youngest son was fishing on a certain lake because his father asked to leave the lake. The younger son deliberately released the fish secretly, and then complained in the car that he did not catch a fish. The father became bored, and deliberately dragged him out of the car, threw him beside a roadside bridge, and then drove his eldest son Andre away. At this time, the younger son was depressed, angry, and helpless, but he did not expect that he would not follow the trip arranged by the father, nor did he want to experience the kind of male training his father wanted to give to their brothers. For example, his father felt that they should have the ability to protect themselves, and to fight and fight bravely when others rob them of money.
So after a few hours, when it was pouring down, the father drove the car to pick up the youngest son.
At this time, after the youngest son got into the car wet, there was a big explosion. He reprimanded his father with witty words, why didn't he come back for 12 years? They lived well with their mother and grandmother, why this father suddenly appeared again. After the father heard a question, he didn't know what to say.
From this perspective, this little son is not stupid. You can also express your opinions clearly and accurately.
5: When on the island, the father agreed that they would go fishing, but the time was set at 15:30 in the afternoon, but due to the instigation of the younger son, the two brothers did not return to the island until 19:00 in the evening. I have some doubts here. First, I already feel that my youngest son is a narrow-minded, natural character, cowardly, capricious, and pretentious. When his father asked him to wash the dishes, he deliberately threw his father's bowl into the sea and lied that the bowl was washed away by the waves.
So when they go fishing, I wonder if he will let his brother and him abandon his father and go home alone?
Before thinking about it for the second time, some of their little friends met to jump off the high wooden platform. He did not jump off, causing the other little friends to laugh at him for being cowardly, and there was nothing he could do. But when the elder brother also whispered a cowardly word from the younger brother, he scuffled his elder brother to get up, and rushed home to file a complaint with his mother. When the father and son slept at night along the way, I felt that my brother Ivan was also a relatively strong one. So there are signs that this little son has a selfish and tyrannical mentality.
Thirdly, when the father asked his younger son to call him father, he deliberately frustrated himself during the meal, and deliberately said he was hungry when he was not eating. He fished 7-8 fish in the lake and let it go. He deliberately said that he didn't catch it. Throw away the father's bowl when making the bowl. Going out fishing deliberately violated the agreement between his father and them and came back late. He also secretly stole his father's knife and asked his brother to lie with him that he didn't see it. Such incidents always make people feel that this child is a very scary, selfish, cowardly, lie-stricken, and poor comprehension person. Of course, all of this can be called childish, immature, and so on. So I hope that this film will eventually have a good logic to change the shortcomings of this child.
5: But very unexpectedly, in the end, Ivan took out a knife and threatened his father because his father beat his elder brother out of punctuality. When his father turned to face him, he felt his own weakness and ridiculous again. So he rushed and climbed to the lighthouse on the isolated island, trying to jump off and commit suicide. The father then rushed to him and begged him to come down. But the lid on the top of the tower was sealed by the younger son. The father planned to climb up from the edge of the side, not much fell to the bottom of the tower and died. After the death of my father, I saw my brother grow up and persevere, insisting on transporting his father's body back, but the younger son did not seem to be sad at all. Until finally they returned to the mainland. When all the items were loaded into his father's car, they found that their boat and his father's body sank to the bottom of the sea due to a leak from the boat. Ivan just yelled "Dad". In the end, the film is almost over. There is a very touching picture of a young father holding his newborn son and staring affectionately.
6: So whether the parents are divorced, whether the father is a slumber, whether the parents have disagreeable personality and quarreled with the father before leaving home. This time the father returned to take the children to travel with a good intention to exercise their willpower. In the end, it was an unstoppable ending, which made me feel a little baffling.
Of course, everyone watching the movie has a different perspective. It’s just that I saw the rule that NO becomes “die”.
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