Before watching it, I only learned about two pieces of information about the film, no lines and minimal animation style, so my expectation is about the heart-warming animation of fables or fairy tales. However, when I finished watching, I didn’t think it was one. A simple animated film, the life and accompanying themes that it tells repeatedly hit my heart in a melodious and slightly sad melody.
At the beginning of the film, in a stormy ocean, the hero struggles to grab the body of the boat to survive. Looking around, he can’t see if he has a companion. He alone grabs the last floating board in the harsh ocean. . After the calm and the waves, a very common story of survival on a deserted island unfolded. He looked for water and food, looking for a way to leave the deserted island. Although the island seemed quiet and deserted, it had all the material conditions that could provide people with food and daily life. However, the man who wants to leave the deserted island as soon as possible is obviously not satisfied with being trapped here. He builds rafts and goes out to sea again and again, but is hit by inexplicable things and turns back again and again. He is angry and tenacious, constantly appearing in his dreams. Familiar with the things in life aroused his heart to go home, so that he did not fall asleep in despair, but chose to continue trying.
In the last time he went out to sea, he eventually encountered a monster that repeatedly sank himself, a huge red sea turtle. They looked at each other. At first he was very afraid of this behemoth, and then the courage inspired by anger made him try to fight back. . Seeing that the old man and the sea were suddenly thought of, as well as the juvenile school, the sea turtle constantly challenged the determination of the survival man, and was also his only companion every time he went to sea. The curious thing is that the loggerhead turtles indeed accompany the male protagonist trapped on the desert island in another form in the movie. Their first encounter may be driven by the turtle’s curiosity towards humans, but their reconciliation is in the hearts of men. The awe of life comes to the fore. And when it was reborn, it was another reincarnation in reverse.
When the turtle took off her shell and pushed it into the endless ocean, she made a promise, and the man pushed the last raft that had not been completed into the ocean that had put him in distress several times. , Choose to stay on the island without hesitation. The two lives have become the only ones in each other's world, staying together. So far, it seems that the fairy tale should come to an end, but life is full of unpredictable variables. The newborn child is the most active member on this lonely island. He grows up healthy and embraces everything that the sea and the island have given him. Unlike his parents, he has been used to finding his partner in the sea since he was a child, day by day, He also swims farther and farther.
When the tsunami faded, the son found his mother first, and finally rescued his father on the distant sea. The moment the mother ran towards his father, she couldn't help but feel her love when she bowed her head and snuggled. The disaster brought great damage to the island, but the tenacious vitality quickly buried the remains of the disaster, but day after day, the child always heard the call of the sea. The big trees are scattered, and the birds fly separately. Parting is always an inevitable theme in life. No matter how close the relationship is, you still have to face farewell when you reach the end.
Strolling on the beach, the familiar figures of three people turned into the backs of two old people supporting each other. They still love each other, and will revel in the dancing under the sunset together, until on a starless night for a month, he turned his head and looked at sleeping. She smiled happily, and at the same time, she heard her own call and closed her tired eyes. Her heart is clear, and perhaps the passing of life is not all quiet. She then woke up to find that her partner had already left, her grief could not be restrained, she was nestled beside him as before. I really like the last scene of rubbing my hands. It is to say goodbye and to move on. This does not seem to be a fairy tale, but just an unknown magical story that happened on an island. We don't know where the child is swimming, nor where the loggerhead turtle will go, but most of the ordinary and bizarre man's life has truly disappeared on this unknown island with time.
At the end of the film, immersed in the music of the movie and the dark curtain of the theater, I saw an old couple sitting in front of them. They were also one of the few viewers who left and waited for the subtitles to finish. Before the movie was shown, I was waiting behind them to enter. The old lady walked slowly from the bathroom direction. The husband held out his hand to support the lady’s face and squeezed it lightly. She smiled and went on. The husband lowered his head and kissed his wife's cheek softly, cuddling each other tightly, and I looked obsessed behind them. After returning to my senses, seeing them still staying in their seats and not getting up, I didn't even want to leave. It was a little luck in life at this moment.
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