Although the film is short, the story is great, the male lead's performance is super in place, and the details and demeanor of both the male lead and the female lead are all appropriate.
I really like the ending. At the moment of taking the photo, I think Emma seems to see the possibility of the emergence of a third personality.
Therefore, the detailed analysis should be that there are three personalities: John is the first layer, cowardly and unable to resist and does not want to grow, and hopes to live with the status quo; Emma is the second layer, introverted but wants to communicate with others, and is very loving, Longing for a family, taking care of John's daily life and food, a good wife and a good mother; and although the third-level personality has not yet appeared (or has appeared? At the moment of the murder in the hotel), it should be a sadist personality like John's mother.
Emma's personality is stronger than John's. If there is no train incident, she may not know that her life can be changed. But after the incident, after she interacted with other people, she realized that she could do so much, so she killed John and wanted to live a better life. The heavy curtains drawn in the film also signify this shift.
The reason why the story ended in a hurry is that Emma, a caring and sympathetic woman, is worried that in the process of taking care of Jake in the future, the appearance of that possible abuser personality will make Jake suffer the childhood that John experienced. She saw John's life and felt John's pain, so she hurriedly sent Jake away, sealing herself back in that heavy shell.
In the whole film, both John and Emma (although they are the same person) are very kind-hearted people, but they suffered from the evil brought by John's mother in their childhood and lived tragically. It's a pity to look into it.
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