White horse, and a life with a story

The film reminds me of Carver's short stories, sparse and rough, deep into the unglamorized life. In Carver's "Feather", he wrote about a peacock. The sudden appearance of that beautiful big animal in ordinary life is a surprise and a sense of overwhelm after surprise, as well as a sense of loss that cannot be loved. The white horse is very gentle, with long eyelashes, wet eyes, and soft mane, the girl couldn't help but approached and stroked her. The girl's home is poor and poor, without a father, her mother is irritable and indifferent, and her younger sister is willful and naughty, and after she dropped out of school, she has no friends, neither boyfriend or girlfriend. She listens to heavy metal, drinks, hangs out, dances, and fights. There are not many warm corners in her life where she can go in and hide. And this white horse looks so innocent and beautiful.

Regarding the white horse, many people analyzed her symbolic meaning, and the director said that the appearance of the white horse was just a coincidence. Twice she tried to break the chain and let the white horse go without success. The last time, she asked the boy where the horse had gone, and he said he killed her because she was ill. She was sixteen years old, too old. At this time, the girl was also sixteen years old, still a child, even though she was slapped by her uncle, ran away from the interview, and cried a lot, her life was still the same, she didn't lose anything, and she had a long life to come. At the end of the movie, she gets into the boy's car, and the expression on her face is calm and determined like never before. Whatever the cost, this growth is always good. Compared with the film "Growing Education" in the same year, there are less beautiful pictures and more cruel reality. A lot of people prefer this story, and I think both are pretty good. Love and hurt are the so-called growth education.

Did she want to let go of the white horse because she hoped that she would be able to protect the weaker or those in distress. "The highest rationality is to be able to treat everything and everyone around you in a gentle and rational manner." Just like the uncle knows how to give her encouragement and confidence, how to care for her and love her, if he can treat others like this in the future, the pain of growing up in his youth will also have meaning. This is the ending I hope.

Like the lifeless and lifeless Britain described by Lawrence 85 years ago, the fish tank imprisoned people's freedom, breathing was stagnant, and they would suffocate and die at some point. The light from outside came in, occasionally with beautiful refraction but all disillusioned. Maybe no one can get out of the fish tank, but "my heart is slightly larger than the whole universe", freedom and health are the normal state of life.

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