The rhythm of the whole movie is smooth and flat, the conflict between the characters is not very obvious, and the development of the story is also expected and reasonable, but the BGM is still quite good, and the picture is also very beautiful.
The turning point of the film is mainly driven by Tom's conscience. When Tom agrees to adopt Lucy to Isabel, his heart begins to rest and his brows are always furrowed. When he learned that Lucy's biological mother, Hannah, was still alive and that life was better than death, his uneasy heart instantly intensified, and his conscience was also tormented. His conscience drove him to tell Hannah, Lucy is still alive, giving her a glimmer of hope. In this way, Tom enjoyed family happiness for several years, and also endured the condemnation of conscience for several years. Until the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the lighthouse, when he met Hannah again, Tom could no longer bear the condemnation of conscience, and took the initiative to expose the matter. . The consequences can be imagined. But when the police arrested him, he must have breathed a sigh of relief, at least his conscience was redeemed, but so what? What does this get in return? She will face a long and unending sentence; Lucy cried day and night for her mother, and even nearly died by fleeing; she continued to bring pain to Isabel's parents, who had suffered through the loss of three sons. After that, he will lose his daughter; even Isabel, who loves him deeply, is confused and haunted, like a walking corpse, and in the end, she reads Lucy's early death in bed. In exchange for the family joy of a strange family, he also exchanged for him living alone in a solitary house, perhaps Lucy, oh no, it should be Grace, she brought her daughter occasionally When I came to see him, a moment of joy followed by a deeper loneliness. I wonder if he had any regrets when he was alone looking at the ocean, the other side of the ocean, and the lighthouse on the other side of the ocean?
Tom's conscience is selfless, but it is also selfish. Perhaps, he should have been alone...
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