The portrayal of each character is perfectly combined in the short two-hour plot, and each simple picture is carefully designed and meaningful.
The story features a middle-aged man who is cynical but cowardly and miserable, his wife who wears a mask every day for an unhappy life, and his eccentric teenage daughter who craves attention. There's another middle-aged man who admires military discipline and hates homosexuality himself, his deadpan, robotic wife, his almost bizarre son. Can you imagine what kind of stories are happening in that seemingly ordinary and peaceful set of houses with gardens?
Communication seems to have become some kind of ridiculous behavior that needs no mention, everyone is unhappy, immersed in their own problems and unable to find a solution. In this way, the hero's final death is indeed a huge relief, even if he died in a ridiculous misunderstanding, what's the difference? I just don't understand, what exactly is causing all of their burdens? Who is the "victim" that the heroine repeats repeatedly in the rainstorm?
Just like in the later part of the story, everyone asked repeatedly: "How did we get to where we are today?"
I don't know if I will have a slightly clearer answer to all of this in 20 years' time, Because today I still have the capital of youth to stubbornly believe in the possibility of long-term happiness.
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