The English name on the poster of "Landscape in the Mist" is "Landscape in the mist". When the English title flashed by in the title, I was deeply attracted by it, what kind of beauty is behind the thick and humid mist Landscapes that make people obsessively follow?
Ulla, 12, and her brother Alexander, 5, live with a single mother and have never met her biological father. A child longing for fatherly love once overheard his mother mention that his father lived in Germany, and secretly decided to embark on a journey to find his father without telling everyone the truth. So, Ulla and Alexander held hands, with only one clothes, a backpack, and no money. They evaded fares overnight and boarded the train that went all the way north to Germany, dreaming that their father would really appear in front of their eyes, holding their hands, simple and simple. Gently tell them that I hope Ulla and Alexander can come to Germany to visit him anytime.
In fact, all this is just a child's beautiful dream. Ulla and Alexander are just their mother's illegitimate children. The mother who returns every day may even think that it doesn't matter whether she has a father or not. But it was the sentence "Father lives in Germany" that hit the children's soft hearts. Even if relatives inadvertently revealed the truth in front of them, Ulla still firmly believed that she would rush to Germany and find the one who followed her on the way from school. Footsteps and the "father" who wants to hold hands with him in his brother's dream every night.
Death, rebirth, deceit, trust, loss, recovery, indifference, kindness, disgust, love... For 12-year-old Ulla and 5-year-old brother Alexander, the journey has been through and endured too much for their age. something unbearable. "There was chaos at first, and then there was light. Light and darkness gradually separated, and there was day and night." It was on such a chaotic pursuit that both Ullah and Alexander gradually transformed.
As the older sister, Ulla resolutely took her younger brother on this journey with a clear goal but seemingly no plan. In the night in the town, Alexander, accompanied by his sister, witnessed the process of a live horse, from panting and struggling to gradually dying with weak breathing. Perhaps this is the first time that Alexander, who was so frightened and howling, has learned how terrible the power of death is. His soul can be pulled away from your eyes in an instant and disappear without a trace.
Unconsciously, Alexander walked into a restaurant alone, listening to his own cooing voice and smelling the tempting aroma of the food. There, he cleaned all the dishes at the table and got a hamburger, so he learned that only labor can be exchanged for harvest. Alexander, who was wandering on the street while enjoying the delicious food, was finally caught on the street by his sister Ulla, who was calling and looking for him.
Not everyone in the world is willing to help you for free, you have to rely on your own strength. And some kind people who help you may not harm you in the future. After the helpless siblings were lucky enough to get the help of the handsome circus actor Oresti, they easily trusted a lustful truck driver, which led to the irresistible Ula being forcibly killed by the driver on the side of the road. He was raped after being dragged into a truck. Ulla experienced a dirty, ugly, full of deceit and lies for the first time. Alexander woke up to find that his sister was not with him, and walked around the road, calling Ulla loudly, just as Ulla was looking for her brother. A similar scene, unknowingly, Alexander gradually grew up and could begin to take some responsibilities.
Oresti deeply loves his job as a circus performer, but the circus eventually disintegrates because there is no theater to accept them. There is nowhere to go. Like Ulla and Alexander, Oresti's future is uncertain and overwhelmed. He has lost his beloved profession. Selling his last family motorcycle will also say goodbye to the past and embark on the road to join the army. The severed hand that was picked up in the sea drifted away, as if saying goodbye to his past self, but he could not point out hope for the future for himself. Alexander looked at the lost Oreste, and he was like a little adult, quietly comforting his back, hoping that he could find some comfort.
The sound of the sea waves, stepping on the fine sand and looking at the sky, seemed to be able to forget all the troubles of this miserable journey in an instant, Oresti stretched out his hand and invited Little Ulla to dance. Looking at each other, Little Ula didn't take a step forward, and in an instant, he threw off his hand and ran away. Perhaps at that time, Little Ulla realized that she was gradually falling in love with this handsome young man who had been helping them when they were in distress, and the shy flowers were budding.
Does the journey have a moment when it reaches its destination? Going on and off again and again, evading fares, and taking a ride, even Ulla herself didn't know where she was or which direction she was going. Just when he was about to give up when he was depressed, his younger brother Alexander got angry and must go to Germany to find his father! This time, Alexander made a decision for the siblings.
After a long night, asking people to borrow money and smuggling across the border, Ulla and Alexander seemed to see something in the misty fog. Ulla: "I'm afraid." Alexander: "Don't be afraid, I'll tell you a story, 'At first there was chaos, then there was light. Light and darkness gradually separated, and there was day and night."'"
Yes, For the two brothers and sisters to share the dream of finding a father, the meaning of life and the ups and downs are vaguely tasted. Ulla has experienced unprecedented ordeals and has a fear of the future and a longing for love. The 5-year-old Alexander became a man early to guard his sister. And all of this is because of the belief in longing for love and the long-awaited satisfaction of getting love at the moment of seeing the scenery in the fog.
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