In the film, a man successfully escaped from the sandpit, but accidentally fell into quicksand during the escape. This scene reminds me of "Kekexili". The more you struggle, the more you fall into; the more you resist, the more helpless you become. And when the man stopped struggling and started calling for help, he also stopped sinking. Why the villagers accidentally forget the rope ladder when they take away the sick woman, I think maybe it is because of the submission that the man has shown for so long - "stop struggling". It is conceivable that when the villagers found that even if there was a ladder, the man would not escape, so there may be more opportunities when the man wants to leave in the future.
But at the end of the film, the newspaper seems to say that the man has been missing for more than 7 years. I think, maybe his research has not been completed? Ha ha……
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