What they lost on this trip was not only Ludo, but a spiritual leader who could treat everyone sincerely, take the lead in unconditionally dismantle their psychological defense line, and lead everyone to remove the pretense and treat each other frankly.
From the phone calls between Marie and Ludo, it can be found that Ludo is indeed such a person, and Marie cried that there are very few people like him now. Only he can make everyone happy regardless of his image, and give his most vulnerable side to the person he trusts unconditionally at any time. But reality is the most cruel to such people. When Ludo needed these friends most, they selfishly carried out this journey full of lies and hypocrisy. During the journey, everyone almost took off their disguise several times. But was re-masked by the cruel reality. In Freud's triple personality theory, the ego is the most real personality repressed by the social environment. The superego and the id are the ego that has been castrated by society or a certain system. Only those who dare to live with their ego to enjoy a truly free life. Ludo is such a person who is close to the realm of freedom. Everyone envies and loves the ease and happiness that Ludo's attitude in life brings to them, but when it is their turn, selfishness makes them be careful when communicating with everyone, because cruelty The reality tells them time and time again that if they surrender their hearts recklessly, they will be mercilessly attacked by this hypocritical society, just as Vincent was treated coldly by Max after he confessed to Max, so Vincent had to put on his mask and cut himself off. The most real emotions in their hearts, and the resulting alienation in their hearts is enough to make this group of people abandon the most sincere and kind-hearted Ludo.
Perhaps the alienation of human psychology caused by the social and lifestyle of modern society has really reached the level of what Sartre called "others are hell". The main idea expressed in this film is exactly what the master Antonioni expressed in his "Love Trilogy", "Adventures", "Night" and "Eclipse". As expressed in "Night", even if a couple communicates physically every day, they cannot make up for the estrangement in the soul. Like all relationships in the film, there are always lies and pretense between couples, friends, father and son, and Marie's previous relationship with her ridiculous boyfriends reinforces the mistrust between each character.
What is real has always been an important question for filmmakers to think about movies and worldviews. Krakauer believes that the essence of the film is the restoration of material reality. However, we can see that at the beginning of the film, the director used a super long shot of up to 4 minutes to capture the inner truth of the characters. The whole film has a warm and relaxed atmosphere. There's no way to hide the indifference of the characters. This way of dealing with form and content is the highlight of this film. The result is that I am full of doubts about everyone's behavior and motives at the end of the film. Fortunately, the boy who was obsessed with love in "Two Little No Guess" did not deprive the audience of hope for a better life after he became the director.
When I was so overwhelmed by the ubiquitous lies and disguises in the film that I had lost trust in everyone, I even thought this group of people crying at the funeral was out of moral pressure superego, until Max finally stopped. When I hugged Vincent tightly without worrying about moral constraints, I finally knew that they finally stopped acting, and Maire faced the child in her womb bravely. The director told us that in the face of life, people will still dare to be sincere. The departure of a life and the arrival of a life finally ended the hypocritical emotions of this group of people. Louis came with the yellow sand. He used the yellow sand to complete Ludo's funeral and a baptism of everyone's hearts. , Everyone finally tore off the mask of hypocrisy and hugged each other tightly, feeling each other's body temperature and tears. At this moment, they finally faced their fragile and true self, enjoyed freedom and tranquility, and put aside the worldly material and fetters, maybe This is the true meaning of life.
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