Young Joe ran away from home with his companions, and they built a cabin in the forest. The moment Joe shouted "Freedom!" to the forest on the top of the mountain, I felt the freedom as if I was there. The sky, the breeze, the forest, the stream, every frame of the film at this time made me deeply appreciate the unrestrained and free happiness.
The teenagers walked through the fields shirtless, playfully chased and stepped on the streams, jumped into the clear pools with loud cheers, learned to hunt, pick wild fruits, ate dinner around the fire, and finally fell asleep in the attic of the log cabin. The sun shines through the forest on the cabin the next day, and it's another wonderful day. Life here is as comfortable as when you get up every morning and open the curtains and stand stretched in the morning light.
But while enjoying the forest life, there is always a stone in my heart, that is "going home". No matter how happy it is here, you always have to go home sooner or later, don't you? The second half of the movie unfolds as expected. Questioning, arguing, and breaking up, the companions left the cabin in the forest and went home one by one, leaving only a frustrated Joe. Although the second half of the plot is easy to infer, the film pushes it all with just the right rhythm, and it doesn't make people feel disgusted or boring.
Although the beginning of the fairy tale and the ending of reality are a bit regrettable, "going home" is a must. The heart that has found freedom needs a stable place to put it down. Home is such a place. With the help of his friends, Joe also returned to his father's side, and the father who bore him was also always worried about his father.
The whole process from leaving home to returning home has no great sorrow or joy, let alone crying, "Summer King" always brings us a kind of European and American style with a gentle rhythm. If you have to ask what Joe has learned in the process? Has he grown? What I want to tell you is this: not all experiences have to be experiences to be memorable
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