About traveling and growing up
Siblings stood hand in hand in front of the train bound for Germany, and someone else casually said "you are here again" to express their persistence. In order to see their father they had never met, they set foot on A wandering without end. Travel is just a form, my father is just a symbol, he is so far away, and the love and death, lies and truth, beauty and destruction on the road are very real. This is all that life contains, and all the cruelty of the adult world is directly on the young siblings. From the very beginning, the younger brother was crying in front of a dead horse, the background was the bride who escaped marriage was captured, the festive team came to the street, their kindness and innocence seemed destined to be affected by the cruelty of the adult world, And they themselves may be as unaware as the chicken caught in the film. The older sister even knows how to use her body to get tolls by the end, which is more heartbreaking than the rape scene behind the truck. After being deeply hurt, learning a lesson in this way and completing growth, the loss of virginity is embarrassing, and the loss of spiritual purity and adaptation to the adult world is even more embarrassing. They went through hardships and dangers but did not reach Germany. This is a journey to find their roots, and it is a journey of life. The price paid for growing up is heavy and huge, and many things in life have answers.
2. About the image of water
Water appears in the film in the form of fog, snow, rain, and sea, which is a means for the director to create an atmosphere to express his emotions. The entire film is shrouded in dense water vapor. We see the world through the fog, it is hazy and illusory, it is a kind of protection, covering up the ugliness and harm, it is also a kind of isolation, separating the beauty and the truth. It's not like the closure of a wall, it gives hope, at least you can see it. It's also not as transparent as air, giving you a clear view. It is a gentle medium between people and the outside world. You can close your eyes and ignore everything when you hide behind the fog, but when you decide to accept the truth, it can dissipate. It is a veil in people's hearts. The other side of the veil is an unknown landscape. Whether or not you want to see it depends on everyone's inner voice. The young actor saw the fog in the film, and he told his younger brother: the fog is in front of the scenery, so beautiful and so far away. Finally, the younger brother pointed, and magically, the misty mist really dissipated, and they saw the green tree and rushed over to hug it tightly. At first there was chaos, and then there was light. It turned out that as long as you gently recite in your heart and wave your hand gently, the fog will really dissipate and the light will really appear. Snow in the film means more of redemption. When the helpless siblings were taken to the police station for lack of tickets, there was a heavy snowfall, and everyone stopped and stared at the pure white snowflakes that fell from the sky. No one paid attention to the escape of the siblings. God's help to them. In the rain, they dragged their tired bodies to block the car, and it was not only their clothes but their hearts that were muddy. They got into that truck, and the heavy rain heralded whether the damage was just the context and circumstances of the tragedy.
The meaning of the sea is richer and thicker. The actors of those touring troupes, who are in the throes of disbanding, their costumes swaying in the wind by the seashore, recite impassioned lines about major events in Greek history. The turbulent sea should be in harmony with everyone's unease, but it is also like a kind of support and backing. The young man said: "The times have changed, everything is changing." History has become less important, no one wants to watch the troupe's play, and the sea is quietly watching us, thousands of years, still the same The film gave birth to the greatest thinker of human beings, waiting by the side, never betrayed. The huge statue of the hand rising out of the sea, missing the index finger, seems to indicate confusion and loss of direction. The seaside is also the place where my sister mourns the loss of her virginity. The young man invited her to dance, because the previous scars had not yet healed, she still rejected him, crying silently in the face of the sea, who knew her heart-breaking pain.
The colors of the whole film are mainly blue and gray, only the green of the big tree at the end of the film can be considered brighter, which is the color of warm hope for children. The story takes place in winter again, with continuous rain and snow, and a depressing, sad and desolate atmosphere is conveyed. The use of a large number of long shots makes the tone of the film calm and sad. Every night, in the dark night, street lights, signal lights, and car lights flicker faintly, as if the sister and brother have a small but firm belief in their hearts, or they are themselves: small and persistent. The crowd standing quietly in the gray and empty space is a scene that An Zhe likes to show. In "The Ibis", it is the crowd in grey clothes standing in the river. Here, when the brothers and sisters went to say goodbye to their friends, the people scattered inside and outside the barbed wire in the shot were so lonely and alone that even if they were brought together in one shot, they would still not be able to form a group. They have their own concerns, they have nothing to do with each other. The director begins and ends the film with a telling of Greek mythology, showing his fascination and persistence with tradition and history. And his usual politics don't penetrate much in this film. The border in the film is a symbolic bridge with three lines drawn in the middle. The blue line is the end of the Greek border, the white line is the three-needle zone, and the red line is the beginning of the Turkish border. Since modern times, the political situation in Greece has been turbulent, chaos is frequent, and peace and order are rare.
The story of the scenery in the fog is so heart-wrenching, and the music is indispensable. Elaine's usual large string music is still used as the background, the clarinet and oboe float on it, and the sad, quiet and flowing first theme melody has the power to directly point people's hearts. Just listening to the music has brought tears to my eyes. In the first theme melody they boarded the young man's car and the girl ran away with the money given by the stranger. There is also a very unique place. The younger brother walked into the cafe and asked the owner to give some food. A violinist came in and played. The child returned the artist with warm applause, and he played the first theme.
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