Although a lot of people gave it three and a half stars, I slowly read a strange feeling with hindsight, which made me unable to ignore that feeling, so I gave it half a point. The feeling of powerlessness that stagnates after the event, the state itself that has been changed, the sense of distance between the two parties’ private lives are plainly observed, there seems to be no trace of flesh and blood in the home, the boy’s forbearance, outburst, and self-destructive escape… burst out a kind of Terrible staying power.
The whole snowy environment is created, as if people's cold hearts and a bystander attitude that has nothing to do with themselves. Before the boy disappeared, his parents were busy arguing and didn't care about his spiritual growth, and even on the day he disappeared, his mother missed the best time to find her because she spent the night with her lover; this kind of family relationship was doomed to a futile follow-up.
The film not only discusses the theme of "love" in the family, but also extends metaphors to many social situations, so I won't mention it too much. Returning to the impact of marriage failure on children, I suddenly felt terrible that the disappearance of the boy might be a "self-sacrifice" setting, and only when he disappeared can the "trace of love" between parents be truly ended; , both parents started a new life, and the new passion did not last long. It was not a shadow brought by events, but a somewhat ironic cycle like fate. I suddenly remembered the young couple who came to see the house at the beginning of the chapter, and it is not possible for them to have similar conflicts in the future.
The old and the new alternate, and the dead wood remains. There are thousands of missing boys.
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