Much like the movie version of the preface to Van Loon's book Tolerance (or a similar allegorical novel). A closed and conservative society often falls into a vicious circle of self-defeating: the more closed and conservative, the less the spirit of exploring the outside world, the more fearful of the outside world, the more closed and conservative. In such a world, the contradiction between the courageous exploration of the new generation and the conservativeness of the old generation is inevitable. Following the eyes and footsteps of a pair of youths who were apparently taken as incarnations of Adam and Eve, the audience also walked from the closed dungeon to the real blue sky. However, it is a little regrettable that the film's account of the contradictions and conflicts between the old and new generations is not particularly ideal, and it is not so sharp, thus covering up the brilliance it should have.
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