This BBC film takes the conflict between Darwin and his wife as the main line, describing Darwin's memories and love for his daughter Anne, and describing the pressure of the times and religious atmosphere in which he lived on him and his wife. Under these conflicts, Darwin, Especially in the context of family conflict, hallucinations occur, following these hallucinations and memories, we are able to review the personal sources of Darwin's evolutionary thinking, the film recalls the Beagle sending two Tierra del Fuego indigenous teenagers from British society back to savagery Social experiences, Darwin's story of meeting Jenny, the first gorilla who came to England, at the zoo and realizing the mental and emotional story it has, seeing the happy life of the Darwin family while Anne was there, seeing at least Darwin's How Annie in his memories communicated with him, and to a certain extent, Annie in his memories and visions helped him to insist on completing and publishing "Origin of Species". Also see, finally, when he decided to complete and publish On the Origin of Species, Wallace's letter dealt him another blow.
Next, we see how Darwin's knot ends up in a psychoanalysis-like therapy. His psychological stress was that he was sick, and Hook suggested that he return to Malvern to receive the spa, which was the last place Annie went to receive the spa without healing and died, a return to the place that caused the knot that plagued him many years ago. Revisiting is the key to Darwin's recovery. The spa therapist's conversation with him is full of psychotherapeutic flavors, he makes Darwin recall and talk about the conflict between him and his wife brought about by Anne's death, and finally, in Anne's vision, Darwin returns to Anne's serious illness and death The house where he recalls Annie's final moments and bursts into tears, the catharsis of the cry that completes the Annie episode. When he returned home, he and his wife restarted a conversation they hadn't had in years, talking candidly about the death of their child and the separation between the husband and wife caused by it, and resolved their conflict. Immediately, he and The tension between the children over his preference for Annie is also resolved.
In the film, Anne and Darwin's wife Emma do look alike, but they are very smart, and the portrayal of Darwin's family life is also very real. This film makes people see courage, but also love. It was Darwin's courage that enabled him to overcome the pressures of society, the pressures of his family, and his own mental state.
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