Stillwater, after reading it, remembered the opening dialogue, "Americans don't like change", "Will they come back?". Talking about people who lost their homes in the storm, the male protagonist's face appears in the camera.
Stubbornness and old-fashionedness are the labels of male protagonists. The constant sense of estrangement in France is evident in every "do u speak English", which reminds me of Jason Bourn, who is looking for himself in confusion, but different It was Bill who knew where he belonged, stillwater was everything he knew, the source of his security, the place he loved, so he should always answer "yes" to the opening question.
I can see the back from time to time, but I feel that the estrangement and loneliness of the male protagonist not only come from the "broad level" of culture (from the mouth of the French director), but this loneliness also comes from himself, the environment in which he grew up and his being. The hometown changed by technology, his old-fashioned integration with the people around him, his hatred of the cruel life he has always been, but when life begins to change, he is at a loss. Everything around him has become unfamiliar, the only constant is that life has always been cruel, and the tricks of fate have changed him a lot. He has become silent and numb, but this has never changed some of his characteristics. His love and unconditional trust, even cowboy spirit, these are part of him, and his stubbornness stems from this, so when there is a chance of life, he does not hesitate to embark on a journey of redemption, finding the real murderer is not just saving his daughter, It is also his redemption as a neglected father.
Then the wall and money pressures, the hard probing leads that came to an abrupt end, the French girl who disagreed, the daughter who hated him all showed his powerlessness, and he became the incompetent one who could only stay where he was. asshole.
The appearance of Maya and her mother seems to be a promising new starting point. In Maya, he makes up for the lack of his daughter, gains new love, learns French, collides with different cultures, and integrates into a complete family, which means that he Are you starting to embrace change? I think there are, like those who moved away after the storm, maybe they also embraced a new and better life. But that doesn't mean Bill can abandon the past. His daughter's suicide tortured his soul and left him restless. He stubbornly searched for clues, swam in the sea where his daughter swam, and even kidnapped the suspect when the police didn't do anything.
In the end, the illusion was pierced by his daughter, revealing the cruel life under the water (that French director is very interesting, "there is no answer to what you are looking for, and there is no truth"), he found that "my little girl" is no longer the daughter he thought, He is no longer just, and has no intention of hurting the mother and daughter but dragging them into the water, his love and commitment to Maya and betrayal. He successfully saved his daughter, but his life returned to a stagnant water. When he returned to the still water he loved and hoped that his daughter would not forget when he was in a foreign land, and the still water he had not returned to for a long time, everything changed. He still said to his daughter that I love you, but the truth is that I no longer know you, and life has returned to peace, but his abide by it is no longer, and everything has changed.
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