cathyluo917 Review of Father and Daughter

Father and Daughter (2000)

This short film, all in black and white and without speech still touched my heart

[10/10 · 12 October 2014]

This film, I got it as soon as I watched it. The hug before the father left particularly touched me because it shows that the father loves the daughter deeply. The daughter was shown to be sad to see her father go because she watched the boat until it disappeared from view. The first time I watched it, it got me to tears at the end but the second time, I felt like crying all my heart out when it came to the hug. The girl grows up, has her own family but yet, she is longing for her father to come back. Eventually, the lake dries up, she is old and yet she still hasn't given up. She went to find her father and when she found the boat, even though she didn't find her father, when it was shown how she was running towards her father and getting younger as she ran to him, that didn't really happen but in her heart, it was as if it did and she would never leave her father again, as was implied when she lay down into the boat. Altogether, it expressed well how love is strong and people would do anything for someone they loved. I feel like crying whenever I watch it! No wonder it won so many prizes. The music fitted in well, growing more and more distant as time passed. The wind and bell ringing really suited in as sound effects. Altogether, I really think this film was well expressed in just a few minutes.