I have always been interested in religion, and I am looking forward to this film. I was a bit speechless when I just watched it. Maybe the ending is too abrupt, or maybe I haven't watched it yet. Overall, compared to the simple and crude horror films on the market that are scary for the sake of being scary, this film is well worth watching. From the picture alone, it gives people a sense of religious and mysterious symmetry and design, and the color tone is a kind of beauty that seems warm and cold. The soundtrack is also quite brilliant.
This ancient village has inherited one of the long-standing customs. Elderly people over a certain age commit suicide in public. I also feel that there is some make sense, especially for this group with a very small population. Because it is a way of death that everyone collectively agrees on, it doesn't seem to feel forced. Under the witness of the public, the elderly who commit suicide may feel an atmosphere of both supervision and encouragement. The rest of the people not only ensure the death of the elderly, but also seem to provide themselves with a certain encouragement and continuous justification. Incentives. Personal death seems to be commonplace here, not a repulsive and frightening thing. It's just that the backward beliefs are absolutely more barbaric and inhumane than the evolved modern beliefs, and even reach a terrifying realm for modern people.
Most of the time, the real joy of the villagers is invisible, they don't seem to have their own emotions, they are all collectivized. The whole village is like a large plant that grows, grows, gets sick and dies according to certain rules. There is no need for personal thinking and review, everything follows the rules. I think this is a major manifestation of the lack of communication with the outside world. It is also the terrifying part of the highly institutionalized collective that does not allow self-development.
The people in the village seem to share all their emotions and life. Everyone eats and sleeps together without any words. This may be an effective escape from modern loneliness and self-actualization anxieties. People here do not need to think about the meaning of personal existence, everything can be done according to popular customs. It seems self-consistent, but in fact, from the tragic shouting of No when one of the people who volunteered to sacrifice to himself, can feel the collective inability to understand the personal pain, and the rest of the people imitating the pain of the burned person is really embarrassing. Only when the fire really burns you can you wake up. But it was too late. It is impossible to share the feeling of the moment with others, and the rest of the people can only imitate their imaginations.
In any case, a social organization that does not advocate or even give any opportunity for individuals to think and express freely is considered an inhumane cult organization. It's creepy to the extreme.
All those who cannot agree with the discipline of this organization, as well as selfish individuals, will be eliminated by them, which is the so-called elimination of dissent.
As for the heroine finally joining this cult-like community organization, I guess it is because of a desperate sense of alienation from modern society and her friends and family in modern society. The inability to establish a real connection with others leads to confusion and even denial of self-knowledge and emotions. In the end, unable to bear the pressure, he chose to surrender himself, or simply give up himself. Embrace a wicked place that seems to be more prone to collective empathy.
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