The film begins with a desperate shot of a man who attempts to kill himself by swallowing a gun and then gives up.
Then the camera returns to a hot summer farm where the family takes a bath together happily, and the man is a fighting hero and is trusted and admired by everyone. When they encounter problems, they have to find him to solve them. He does not shirk and is very happy to help them. , his wife said he was violent, but he was very proud.
On the surface, this is just an ordinary big family in the countryside. The grandfather who only reads the newspaper, the uncle who is alcoholic, the grandmother who enjoys family happiness, and the aunt who is a teacher. It is necessary to give directions to the driver. The driver, who has been lost and confused, is sweating and confused under the scorching sun.
Then the man who was about to swallow a gun came. In this house, he was very familiar with every corner, joked with everyone, played the piano, danced and swam, and told a fairy tale to the little girl. We knew that he was a lover. Kind of, I must have wanted to commit suicide before because of the pain of losing my love. Now I should come back just to see the last time. So far in the story, I should have guessed that the heroic husband is a villain who is loved by others, for that man. regret.
Note that there is a ball of light moving into the home and breaking the frame, then flying out the window and exploding at the edge of the forest, this is a very important image.
But the first conversation between the two men in the stairwell blocked the little girl's ears. What did they say? The director did not explain, but the colonel who should have gone straight away was left behind to play football together, and then created another opportunity to talk, and we learned the truth, the story was reversed, the hero fell to the ground, the love turned upside down, all the good It was about to be broken. The colonel just wanted to retain his last dignity in front of his family. The tension in the scene before getting into the car was on the verge of breaking out, but he maintained the illusion of family harmony on the face. Nao, these are beautiful, but it is precisely because of the beauty that the last Colonel's cry bought the foreshadowing.
The previous ball of light appeared again, and that love looked out the window deeply, where will the ball of light fly to next time?
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