Ivan's beautiful run at the beginning ushered in a seemingly indifferent father.
But 7 days later, the same run appeared in the lonely island forest, and they lost their father.
The director uses 7 days and 7 paragraphs to describe the return and disappearance of the father, which should be a metaphor for the Genesis in the Bible.
It's Andrei Sarkinsev's debut, and it's astonishing, as it was when Tarkovsky made his name in Venice.
The deceased should take a look.
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