TS Spivet, who lives in the West, is a 10-year-old prodigy with a passion for cartography and scientific illustration. One day, the Smithsonian called him to say that the prestigious Baird Prize had been awarded to him, and he had been invited to give a lecture. This little otaku who lives in the remote west and whose only means of transportation to the outside world is a freight train decides to cross the United States to Washington alone, and climbs on the freight train. A strange journey begins.
In this family whose members are so distinct that they seem to be from different planets, except for the little genius Speyway who is full of scientific inventions, the typical western cowboy dad and the scientist mom who studies insects are likened by Speyway to the daytime He Heiye, as well as her older sister who wants to participate in the beauty pageant to become Miss America, and her younger brother who is most interested in playing pistol shooting. Along the way, Spivey saw the beautiful mainland scenery, encountered all kinds of passers-by, and learned more about his family through his mother's diary.
Director Jean-Pierre Genet looks like a typical rough man with sparse hair and rough facial features, but it is this rough man who has derived a long series of romantic and lovely French movies such as Amelie, Childhood Lost Night, and Long Engagement. . I like the delicate and cute little metaphors that he often sets up in the movies, like the serious bald man in Amelie who leaves pictures at different stations, and in this film, Speyway leaves with a suitcase in the early morning. The car of my father who had gone away from the farm. The transitional images like folded cards and delicate hand-drawn drawings in the film are also full of childlike interest.
It's nice to have someone willing to dream for you year after year.
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