The answer for Raphael, the hero in the film, is yes. In the last week of his life, half of him was an overnight success in the eyes of the village, he brought laughter to the whole village, he became a role model and guide in the eyes of his son, and his love with his wife grew from Once and now the same; half of him lingered on the brink of death, watching hell approach him. The feeling of watching the whole movie is watching these wonderful, romantic and happy scenes, but my heart is suppressed. From the beginning of the film, I envisioned that Rapheal would eventually return to hell, to the old man, because all he wanted to show was "the brave" - the courage of a person who chooses between life and death . Raphael's brother died by suicide, which undoubtedly indicates that he is a person who is not afraid of death in his bones. Suicide is not an act sanctioned by religion and general morality, but Depp shows us what suicide means for an Indian, among those who are not in the government, not in the favor of God, the happiness of their family gives them Courage to die.
When Raphael looked at his impoverished family, he hated that he was the only man in the family and couldn't earn money to bring them out of their misery. He felt that the suffering of his family was his own responsibility, and when he looked at the entire When he was in the Indian tribe, the sense of powerlessness and despair eroded his heart. He used alcohol to relieve his worries, just to escape his powerlessness to reality. Under such a background, he can't even dominate his own life, what can he bring to the people around him? And he happens to be the family's only hope. Under such circumstances, he doubted whether his life was worthless. He hates the government, he doesn't believe in God, he hates himself even more, he doesn't believe in himself, the reality is too cruel to him. Those ordinary poor people who suffer, those insignificant people living at the bottom of society, many have lost their souls, drowned in the sea of misery, and are at the mercy of fate. In the Indian tribe, some people are crazy, some people become wicked. But when Raphael faced the moon alone at night, he asked God what the meaning of his life was. If there was no use in living, then he would rather choose death, because death may be the only one for those who have no hope of "life" meaning that can be sought.
This isn't the only death-related film Depp has made. This movie easily reminds me of "dead man", the man who also searches for meaning on the road of death. The meaning they pursue may be different, but their calmness and awareness in the face of death are indeed similar. "Some are born to sweet delight. Some are born to endless night." Raphael is one of those people who were born for endless nights and need to find meaning in death. His heroic death was Depp's hymn to suicides - those who struggled with fate and suffering.
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