So, the director began to imagine. (The director was so young at the time, what is the most familiar life? It’s just a youth film)
So he imagined that it hit the roof of a beautiful, weird and rebellious teenager, so it started a rebellious teenager, a melancholy youth story .
Well, if it hits the roof of a single mother who wasn't there that night, then it's a story of social ethics, a single mother's ups and downs.
If it hits the roof of an old man, then it is another golden pond story.
That's how I understand the director's intentions.
Sci-fi coats, fantasy coats, whatever coats don't matter, in the end it's just about telling people's stories and people's feelings.
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