It's been a long time since I came across a movie I liked, and the emotional restraint is hearty, and there is power in the silence.
A father with PTSD, unable to integrate into society physically and mentally, lives with his daughter in the forest on the edge of the city, away from human relationships, relying on each other, breathing free and fresh air. Although the father was traumatized, he raised his daughter into a free and happy child with a sound character. He has a tenacious independence and knowledge reserve that surpasses children of his age.
In an accident, their shelter was discovered, and it was illegal to borrow public land, so they were pushed into the society, arranged, publicized, and helped. After tossing and turning, her daughter is fresh and curious about the world. She is very adaptable and has a young and healthy heart. She falls in love with the warmth brought by the crowd.
The young actress combines the dullness of lack of social contact with the unique aura of nature, just like the name Tom, hairy.
In fact, I was vaguely aware of the ending when I saw it halfway through—the daughter was in contact with and integrated into normal social life, and the awakening of self-awareness would allow her to choose the life she wanted, and she would eventually be separated from her father.
This assumption is completely reasonable, but it is inevitably sad, and perhaps a little cruelly enjoyable.
Until the end, she really did that, peaceful but firm. She had only a father's girl in her previous life, she chose the life she wanted, and she also chose to have no father in her future life. Impressive.
But wasn't that flexible character what her father gave her.
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