The eel symbolizes the unfathomable human nature. The protagonist's paranoid love for the eel corresponds to the fact that he cannot forgive his wife in reality, and he will not change his obsession even if he is imprisoned. My inmates are actually a mirror. The daily chanting of Buddhist scriptures is only a change in behavior, and the evil in my heart has not increased or decreased. What the prison transforms is only human behavior. After the protagonist is released from prison, he walks carefully and disciplines himself, but he still can't let go of the eel, and he is willing to talk to the eel rather than communicate with others. A large number of night scenes in the film are used to portray the demonic side of human nature, the murder case at the beginning, the appearance of the inmates at night, Guizi being harassed by the inmates, confessing to his fiancé's ex love, and even the male protagonist Ye Diao rejecting Guizi's supper... .
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