After watching a two-hour movie, I saw the faces of the male and female protagonists a handful of times, and other times they were telling stories in the range of medium shots to large panoramas. Moreover, even in close-up, the actor's expression is very restrained, and it is no different from watching the scenery. This sense of distance, this kind of viewing experience, is really not used to it.
With natural light and live sound, the film is realistic in both subject matter and production techniques. In fact, there is another advantage of having a sense of distance, that is, there is no moral preaching, but just showing an ordinary person and an ordinary story. Even if this person has killed someone, he is still going to raise a child who is not his own. It is as if the eel swims a long distance before returning to its hometown after a long death. However, those who came back and were caught were just ordinary eels.
The male protagonist likes fishing, and the fish caught will be released. He and his friends drove a small boat on the river every night, and he finally released the eels he had raised for a long time in the river. One thing is to him what water is to fish.
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