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Flow is actually a very sad story.

The aurora borealis appears in the tropics, floods come and go without a trace, survival is threatened at any time, and beloved things can be lost at any time. The galloping reindeer carries the message of the end of the world. In the cat's nightmare, it is an endless cycle, indicating that all life in the end of the world has nowhere to escape. The herd of deer roaring past again at the end is probably the precursor to the nightmare coming true.

But why does this cartoon look cute, warm, and healing? Because the ignorance from the perspective of animals conceals the anxiety of survival in the end times. The black cat, Capybara, Labrador, lemur, and secretary vulture, these five animals carefully selected by the production team, do not have a predatory relationship with each other; except for the black cat and Capybara who are born to live alone, the other animals have either actively or passively left the group and lived in harmony on the "Noah's Ark", and even pulled each other and helped each other, which cast a layer of warmth on the end-of-the-world picture. And every time you stumble, you can always be caught by the kindness of other species, and every time you lose something, you will always get it back at an unexpected moment, as if nature also has some kind of mysterious warmth. Applying color on the background of sadness and despair, this is the unique healing power of romanticism.

In this romantic drift, each animal pursues its own life agenda on the Ark. Their demands are intertwined, and each takes what it needs. The Ark becomes their small life community.

Lemurs love the creations of human civilization. The magical transparent utensils (glass bottles), the hard and luminous regular devices (silver spoons), and the most fascinating magic that can show another self (mirrors) make lemurs crazy. The Ark is like a scale for lemurs. On one side are its treasures, and on the other side are life and death, and companions. It had two chances to return to its own tribe, but it gave up. Perhaps it realized that its own kind only love material things, and the alien companions on the Ark are the real belonging that can be pinned on.

The secretary bird wanted to be in control. Because it insisted on carrying out its good intentions (protecting the cats), it fought with the leader, but was defeated, had its wings crippled, and was abandoned by the tribe. For the secretary bird, the Ark was like a power vacuum, and it naturally became the helmsman, the new temporary authority, and could act according to its own will. When the dogs boarded the ship, when things were beyond its control, it was the first to abandon the ship.

Labrador longed for a master. The dogs that returned to the wild lost their allegiance and were fighting for their own survival, seemingly inheriting the dark side of both human and animal nature. Labrador's separation seemed to be due to the traces of domestication remaining in its body, and it tried to find the shadow of its master in the creatures of the Ark. It begged the secretary bird to play the parabolic game with it, imitated the movements of cats, wagged its tail, begged for food, and guarded everyone's sleep, and stayed with everyone until the last moment.

Capibala is indeed selfless, it teaches everyone to give in to each other and live in peace, and there is nothing more important than eating and sleeping. In fact, Capibala is like the ark itself, and in the story it almost lives and dies with the ark - the first to board and the last to leave.

Although cats are the absolute protagonists, their demands are the most ambiguous. If for lemurs, secretary birds and Labradors, the Ark is a place of belonging outside the tribe, and drifting is a practice of idealists, then for cats, what are the Ark and drifting?

On the surface, the cat is the same as other creatures, except that it has never belonged to any group, so it just went through a process from being alone to having a partner, and finally ended up with everyone else, belonging to a sense of belonging alliance composed of different races. The film begins with the reflection of the cat in the water. This intention appears many times in the film. Before the danger comes and after the danger is gone, the cat looks at its reflection. Obviously, it is not Narcissus-like self-admiration, but it seems to have some loneliness and self-pity of a loner. At the end of the film, the reflection in the water is no longer a single person, but a family portrait. But if you think about it carefully, the bond between the cat and other animals is actually very limited before the final rescue scene. The role it plays on the ark is very unstable. When necessary, it will steer the rudder and catch food. When conflicts occur, it often even stays out of the event.

So I tend to think that for cats, this drift is not only about finding a sense of belonging as a social animal, but also about seeking a sense of belonging as a solitary animal. Specifically, it comes down to the issue of human settings and religious symbols.

Although the film does not explain the human part, we can judge from the ruins that human civilization has probably developed to the level of ancient Rome, with a venue that can accommodate thousands of people, a pillar like a holy mountain, and cat statues of various models around the human hut where the cats originally lived. Is it some kind of cat worship, or the owner of the house just likes cats very much? It is not even known what the relationship between the animals here and humans was, such as whether the dogs were domesticated dogs by humans, and whether the cats themselves were fed by the owner of the house. But it is obvious that humans have either become extinct or have evacuated the earth in a mysterious way similar to the collective disappearance on the holy mountain.

Regarding religion, the most recognizable element is Noah's Ark. However, unlike the betrayal-faith, punishment-forgiveness, disaster-salvation, destruction-rebirth symbolized by Noah's Ark in the Bible, the Ark in this film is more like a temporary, even one-time place, a refuge for survival in the end of the world, and a private reserve for idealists who avoid materialism, barbarism and authoritarianism. Rather than calling it "Noah's Ark", it is better to say that these animals are all abandoned by Noah and left on the earth by humans to fend for themselves, so the animals themselves formed a small boat for self-rescue. It is spontaneous, temporary, and unstable. There is no punishment or blessing from God's will, but only the coldness and kindness from the unknown forces of nature; there is no promised land of hope, but some are signs of the next flood; of course, there is no Noah-like leader or organizer, but only a spontaneous alliance of animals. Of course, the Ark always symbolizes hope, but this hope is eventually destroyed. After the flood receded, the once hopeful Ark became a dangerous place and fell into the abyss before the next flood came.

The second thing that can be detected is the divine implication of the secretary vulture. Since the secretary vulture took the helm, the Ark seemed to be heading purposefully towards the tallest building in sight, those towering mysterious pillars, or holy mountains. The holy mountain is a sacred image that appears in many religions. It is the abode of God and a place where one can communicate with God. In the end, the secretary vulture disappeared from the center of a mysterious formation on the holy mountain, but the cat fell back to the ground. God accepted the secretary vulture but not the cat, or the vulture found its ultimate home, but this did not constitute the ultimate home of the cat.

Therefore, for the cat, humans and all possible bonds between humans and cats are not their destination. The gods guided by the secretary bird are not their destination either. The peace and love alliance between different races advocated by Capybara seems to be the destination given at the end of the film, but in fact it is unlikely to last forever. In this sense, the deeper sadness of the film is revealed under the apocalyptic atmosphere: the answer that the cat finally sees is that there is no destination. Even the mysterious kindness from nature is not a destination - the giant whale that saved them twice was finally stranded on the flat ground where the flood receded and was dying. The cat witnessed its death with his own eyes.

The kindness between animals is so touching in the background of sadness. In the hint of despair, the family portrait reflected in the water, and the giant whale entering the waves under the sunset after the subtitles rolled, are the echoes of true romanticism.

Of course, the cat in the film, as an animal, does not actually have the subjective consciousness of seeking self-meaning and ultimate destination, but the self-image that appears again and again in the water seems to imply the meaning of self-care, although this meaning is quite vague and ambiguous.

This brings us to the biggest problem of this film - the improperly placed human perspective.

No dialogue, no anthropomorphism, and a completely animal perspective are already very fresh innovations in today's world where Disney and Hollywood animations are dominant. In particular, there is no extra explanation of the whereabouts of humans, which is a very restrained and subtle treatment, which largely supports the credibility of the animal perspective. However, the animals in the film are far from real animals. Although they are not anthropomorphic in body, expression, movement and language, they do have both animality and human nature, and the animality among them is very human. For example, "dog nature" is equal to liking to play parabolic games, and "cat nature" is equal to liking to chase light spots. The "camera" in the film sometimes takes the subjective viewpoint of cats, but most of the time it follows the cats like an intelligent tracker, which is very much like the viewpoint of a natural photographer-the viewpoint of humans peeping at animals. Therefore, the whole film has a kind of embarrassment of wandering on the border of "animal world", "cute pet world" and "animal fable", not knowing where to land first, and the audience will feel confused between the sense of voyeurism and the sense of substitution accordingly.

However, after all, the audience is all human, and the anthropocentric perspective problem between humans is probably easy to forgive.

What's more, this is such a beautiful but not greasy, sad but not hurtful, simple but not simplistic cat adventure. Moreover, who doesn't love a doomsday healing road movie these days? Who hasn't been at the end of their own world? Who doesn't want the leap of faith they are forced to take to be caught by warm kindness? Who doesn't want an ark to accommodate their idealism?

Therefore, since both the desire to voyeurism and the sense of immersion can be satisfied at the same time, as a viewer, there is no need to worry about anything.

Humans died out for unknown reasons, leaving behind many relics. When the tide came, different animals' survival rules under natural disasters represented the values ​​and personality traits of different groups of people.

1. Secretary Bird: The secretary bird that rescued and protected cats rebelled against its own kind, was beaten by the patriarch, had its wings damaged, and was expelled from the group. It no longer had the ability to fly. This extraordinary secretary bird took control of the sailboat's course, and insisted on its own opinion about the greedy pack of dogs that it believed should not be rescued. However, it chose to give up at the pleas of the animals on the same boat. It had a firm goal, which was to sail to the highest mountain top to choose its own destination. Eventually, it was sublimated by heaven and earth and taken to heaven. This secretary bird represents a group of humans with a strong sense of right and wrong and an unwavering belief.

2. Lemurs: Greedy and selfish lemurs are unwilling to give up their homes even when flooded. In the end, they reluctantly leave their homes because the capybara carries their belongings onto the boat. The lemurs’ tribe is made up of ignorant and greedy people. They cling to a pile of so-called treasures that are neither edible nor drinkable, and stare at unknown objects such as mirrors. This lemur who fled with everyone was still greedy for the tribe at first, but considering the life-and-death bond with everyone, he followed this small team and gave up the comfort zone of the tribe. It represents humans who have awakened from ruthless selfishness.

3. Yellow dog: At first, it followed its tribe and pursued the route of looting and smashing, and launched a large-scale siege on the cat that stole the fish caught by itself, but it escaped from danger with the cat and had a strong sense of identity. After begging the secretary bird to save its own kind, these rude and greedy dog ​​companions instantly swept away all the fish caught by the cat from the river. When they were rescuing a capybara that was about to fall into the abyss, the dogs suddenly found a rabbit and gave up the rescue and scattered to chase the rabbit, putting the capybara in a more dangerous situation. Fortunately, the yellow dog did not follow the crowd and insisted on completing the rescue of the capybara with everyone, representing those humans who gave up the law of the jungle and left the barbaric tribe.

4. Whales: They are a group that always rescues the cat in times of danger. They are tall and mighty, but very kind-hearted. They help others without asking for anything in return. When the tide receded, the cat was stranded on the mountain again. The cat came over to express sympathy and gratitude. In the film’s final Easter egg, the whales can be seen soaring in the water again. Combined with the fact that the deer are seen running at the end, it means that with the arrival of the second high tide, the whales can return to the sea. It can be seen that the director still hopes that good people will be rewarded.

5. Capybara: They are also a docile and kind group. They help collect bananas as food, but unfortunately cats don’t eat bananas. They help lemurs move and make room for cats when it rains. When a cat was trapped in a mountain stream and almost fell down while rescuing it, it was able to catch the cat in one bite. They are the docile and kind butler-type people.

6. Cats: They treat everything in the outside world with caution, act independently, go their own way, and try hard to overcome difficulties. They encounter more help and care in their life journey, which makes them gradually integrate from lonely individuals into a warm group. However, they still lack self-cultivation, so they cannot sublimate with secretary bird. However, this mutually supportive and friendly group allows them to face an unpredictable future together.

Whether animals or humans, regardless of nationality or race, many people come together because of their values ​​and give up their own ethnic groups. They are just, loving, helpful and collaborative. In the face of unknown risks, they unite, perform their duties, and become powerful.

Ahhhh, it's really good! And this kind of film with no dialogue and only animal sounds is really healing. It's very suitable for calming down and enjoying. And the setting that when the flood came, all humans disappeared and only animals were left, although there was no explanation, there was no bug.

My favorite clip is the scene where Little Black Cat learns to catch fish and excitedly catches fish crazily to put them on the boat. I feel it is the highlight of the whole play for Little Black Cat. Little Black Cat has become successful, and it brought tears to my eyes.

The daily life of everyone getting along, playing, fighting, conflicting, and harmonious was so interesting that I couldn't take my eyes off. Nature is so good. Animals are so nice.

The plot is as follows: The little black cat originally lived peacefully in its beautiful little nest, and was often bullied by the nearby dogs. Although it was alone, it was free and carefree, and very arrogant. Unexpectedly, a flood came, and they were forced to escape together. At first, the little black cat thought that maybe it would be fine if it ran up, but it didn't expect the flood to come up faster and faster. Finally, the little black cat was lucky to meet a boat in the flood, and also met the Buddhist Capybara capybara on the boat. The Capybara capybara looks strong, but it is actually very simple and gentle, and it falls asleep when it encounters something. Later, it also met a lemur. The lemur especially likes to collect beautiful bottles and jars, and things that shine. Especially on the boat, it met its favorite baby mirror, and it would look at it every day. The flood was about to flood its home, but it couldn't bear to leave its broken belongings. It took a small basket to pack its clothes and was reluctant to leave. In the end, the Capybara capybara couldn't bear it and forcibly lifted its basket onto the boat, and it wailed and followed its belongings onto the boat.

Everyone gradually got familiar with the life on the boat. The Capybara often took a bite of a banana and gave it to everyone beside the boat, but the little black cat didn't eat bananas.

Later, the boat stopped at a beautiful place. The lemur was very excited when he saw a glass ball floating on the water. The capybara bit a giant flower and liked it very much. Only the little black cat wanted to eat the fish swimming in the water but didn't know how to catch it. After all, it used to survive by snatching fish from the dogs.

They also met a yellow dog, an old acquaintance of the little black cat. The yellow dog was very happy to see the little black cat, but the little black cat was still aloof. The yellow dog turned around and found that the Capybara was staring at it silently and vigilantly, so he quickly lowered his head and acted cute to show his goodwill, and then followed everyone onto the boat.

Before boarding the boat, they met a group of big white birds. One bird gave the little black cat a fish to eat, but its fellow bird was unhappy and took the fish away and chased the little black cat. The big bird had a big fight with the leader of the fellow bird and lost. The flock of birds exiled the traitor bird to its original place.

Afterwards, the big white bird took charge of the side of the ship, and because it was obviously the largest, it became the new leader.

A new ecology was formed on the boat. One time, the yellow dog was bored and asked the big bird to kick a glass ball for it to play with. The second time, the big bird kicked the ball into the water.

The lemur was so anxious when he saw his new favorite baby fall into the water that he jumped up and down and fought angrily with the big bird. As a result, he almost overturned the boat and everyone was in trouble. The little black cat and the capybara also fell in.

Fortunately, the little black cat was no longer afraid of water after this. On the way back to the boat with the Capybara, the little black cat began to excitedly try to go into the water to catch fish and eat them. He also shared some with the yellow dog and presented one to the big bird to repay it for giving him the fish in the first place.

Later, they met a group of dogs who were asking for help in a small palace surrounded by flood. The capybara dog and the little black cat couldn't bear it, so they pleaded with the big bird to help them get to the shore. The big bird was reluctant at first, but later walked away reluctantly. So everyone worked together to bring the boat to the shore and let the brother dogs get on.

However, this group of dog brothers came up and ate all the fish that the little black cat had caught with great effort, and also snatched the lemur's most beloved mirror. The yellow dog couldn't stand it and fought three against one lemur, and as a result, the mirror fell on the deck and broke.

But everyone still has to live in peace to survive during the flood. This time the lemur just secretly held the broken mirror and felt sad, and didn't get angry and cause trouble.

Soon a strong wind and waves came. The boat was almost overturned by the storm. Little Black Cat lost his footing and fell into the water.

The little black cat got separated from everyone and had a beautiful dream in which a big bird flew away amid beautiful aqua-blue bubbles and brilliant skylight. When he woke up, he wanted to see the boat under the cliff and go over to join everyone, but the wind and waves were too strong and he jumped into the sea and fluttered for a few times before he ran out of energy. Fortunately, he encountered the glass ball that the lemur had kicked away by the big bird and hugged it to save his life in the turbulent torrent.

Later, it found that the flood was receding, so it ran to the land after the flood receded. It unexpectedly saw the lemurs' belongings scattered all over the ground. It was surprised to look forward along the glass bottles and saw a large group of lemurs, but it didn't find the one it recognized, so it kept running down.

Later, it saw it in a group of lemurs and called it in surprise, but it sat in the group and looked at the mirror, pretending not to recognize it. So the little black cat left disappointedly, looking back frequently. (The lemur has always lived alone, but it knew its appearance through the mirror and was eager to find its own kind, but the same kind it met in the flood did not accept it. Now it is finally with the group. But it is too guilty to recognize the little black cat.)

As the black cat was walking forward in disappointment, the lemur suddenly followed him. He finally couldn't bear the guilt in his heart and realized that it didn't matter whether they were of the same tribe or not, the friendship between people who risked their lives for each other was the most precious. The lemur led the black cat to the place where everyone was trapped. The boat was hanging on a big tree on the edge of a cliff and was in danger.

As the weight of the boat pressed the branch down, the boat got closer and closer to the cliff. The brother dogs and the yellow dog jumped down one after another. However, when it was the capybara's turn, the branch was about to break. The little black cat climbed up the branch in a hurry to save it and almost fell down. It was the capybara that caught it.

The lemur was smart and thought of using a rope to pull the boat, but halfway through the pulling, the brother dogs were attracted by the rabbit that ran over and ran away without any loyalty. Only the yellow dog and the lemur were left to rescue the capybara and the little black cat.

Everyone was finally reunited, happily spinning in circles, rubbing against each other in ecstasy.

PS: The ending is a bit open-ended, and it returns to the starting point, with a group of deer running past, like the flood coming again.

The little black cat followed the deer and saw a stranded whale. It ran over and rubbed against the whale.

The little black cat is not as aloof as before. After the flood, it has more empathy and compassion for life. It also has a soft spot and a heart.

It turned around and saw the lemur, yellow dog and capybara following behind it, all looking at it.

It now has friends.

The little black cat turned back and stood with them. It was different now.

Summary in advance: Cats consciously pursue goodness and beauty. When there is a conflict between the two, they will compromise for goodness. Dogs do not pursue either, and will take advantage of the goodness of others. Labrador has an instinctive intuition about goodness and beauty but lacks reflection. Capybara only pursues absolute goodness, but it seems to be only out of instinct. Lemurs do not pursue either. They have their own obsessions, but will give back to the animals that fulfill their obsessions. Big birds consciously pursue beauty, hate evil but do not pursue goodness. Whales are absolute goodness and beauty itself. Expand: Cats symbolize those beautiful but fragile things. They are smart, sensitive, and empathetic. Dogs symbolize selfish and short-sighted people. They do not know how to appreciate beauty and have no moral concepts. They bully cats at the beginning of the film, steal lemurs' things on the boat, and betray the animals who saved their lives for a rabbit when saving capybaras. Labrador is an outlier among them. It was the first to discover the cat who picked up the fish at the beginning of the film, but unlike its companions, Labrador's eyes are curious and friendly. Labrador has a natural perception and desire to get close to beautiful things, but instinctively cannot give up the connection with the group. It has good intuition but lacks reflection. It got on the boat with its companions, but was left alone. It is not difficult to imagine that its dog companions deceived or abandoned it for their own interests. But even so, when it sees a companion in need of help again, it still instinctively wants to help, without thinking whether this will bring negative effects or even disasters to itself and the community. It has the instinct to help each other but is a little stupid and has limited ability. It did not contribute much to the team in the early stage, but was very loyal in critical moments. Capybara is kind and philanthropic, but seems to be a little unprincipled. It takes care of all the weak, gives cats a place to stay, picks bananas and shares them with everyone, helps lemurs carry a basket of "treasures" on board, jumps into the water to salvage the glass balls kicked away by the big bird for the lemurs, and of course it is willing to save the dogs. It is good to cats not because cats are beautiful, but because capybaras are kind. Its kindness is not conscious, but an instinctive generosity, like the last gentleness of the old world. The lemur is an outlier in its own tribe, and it cherishes the rags in the eyes of others. Even when the flood came, it still guarded its house full of rags and refused to get on the boat. It was only after the kind capybara dragged away the bamboo basket that it chased the basket and saved its life. It once met other lemurs on a boat, and they also came on the boat to admire its "treasures", but it was obviously not attractive to them. They all wore more delicate and regular "crowns" and looked down on messy things such as glass bottles, so they jumped back to their own boats. The lemur did not follow its kind, because it knew that its orientation would not be accepted by its kind, and the cat capybara would at least look at it neutrally - things that others like are worthy of respect, no matter whether they are rags or not. The lemur is also aware of its marginality, and it also guarded its treasures on the boat, and never participated in the struggle for leadership. It only got angry and fought when the glass ball was kicked away by the big bird. After the flood receded, the lemur's rags were miraculously appreciated by its peers. It was even surrounded in the middle, and it went from being a marginal person to being the center of attention. But it was still afraid of its own community, fearing that it would become a laughing stock again, so when the cat passed by, it even pretended not to know it, not wanting its peers to find out that it had too many connections with the alien. But it avoided its peers and came to find it afterwards. The big bird was very clear about the standard of beauty in his heart, and insisted on it without compromise. It saw the beauty in the cat and caught fish to feed it. The bird leader believed that the fish fed to the cat should be eaten by the offspring in the community, and therefore wanted to hurt the cat. The big bird stood in front of the cat without fear of power, so he was humiliated by the leader, abandoned by the community, and had a wing broken. The big bird was the only one among all animals who sacrificed himself to protect the cat. After getting on the boat, the big bird, who was majestic without anger, seemed to take the role of steering as a matter of course. Big Bird doesn't like everyone. For example, it doesn't like the stupid Labrador and kicks the glass ball that it uses as a toy into the water. Of course, it also doesn't like the lemur guarding a pile of rags, because the ball belongs to the lemur. Big Bird only reserves its kindness for worthy, beautiful, and smart animals. Cats can get its kindness, but dogs can't. It instinctively feels their evil and thinks they are not worth saving. When the community becomes bad, Big Bird will leave, whether it is the flock of birds or the ship. Big Bird has no shackles in the world. It only pursues beautiful things, even abstract beauty itself, even if it goes against its instincts and the will of the tribe. Big Bird hates and avoids evil, but does not actively pursue goodness with "people", so Big Bird seems to have entered another universe in the end, "If a person is too careful, he will have no followers." As the only animal on the ship with clear self-reflection ability, Cat still follows Big Bird, but it can't accompany Big Bird to the end. Cat also floated up with Big Bird, but it did not ascend, but fell to the ground again. Because it is not as carefree as the big bird, it still has sympathy and understanding for other creatures, even if they are not beautiful enough. The difference between the cat and the big bird lies in the question in Kant's theory of virtue: "If my fellow creatures are often not cute, should I still treat them well?" For example, with the group of dogs, the cat, despite some hesitation, finally asked the big bird to save them. It has an instinctive aversion to lemurs, but it can still get along with them. It didn't like Labrador at first, but later it would share fish with it. The cat's hesitation and reluctance, as well as its sense of responsibility for its imperfect fellow creatures, make it unable to escape the suffering of the world. The whale symbolizes those kind and beautiful things that are powerless to resist the destruction of the outside world. It makes other animals feel absolute power, absolute sublimity and absolute despair - the other few can save each other, and the whale can save them, but they can do nothing about the whale, and the whale is an existence that they can only watch from a distance, cannot intervene, and cannot repay. Its power and its demise are silent, a kind of inviolable tragedy. In the story of the Great Flood and Noah's Ark, the kindest humans and all animals are left in the world. Animals do not have original sin, but humans do. This film may be the second Great Flood. All humans have disappeared (not even a righteous person), and animals will not continue to live here - the "disillusioned" big bird has "entered the Buddhist world", and those who remain in the world have their own limitations. At the end of the film, the cat looks down at its reflection on the water. The big bird that is in tune with it has left, and the whale is doomed to die. Although the camera is pulled away, the kind capybara, the loyal Labrador and the persistent lemur are still by its side, but this reunion seems fragile, short-lived and thin. This may also be the reason why the cat becomes the protagonist. The cat has a conscious love for the real world. Because it accepts and loves imperfect things, it cannot become a lonely seeker like the big bird. The cat understands the big bird, but cannot become the big bird; it yearns for beauty and wisdom, but is also willing to accept ugliness and stupidity. Cats stay in the incomplete world, saving and accompanying each other with those imperfect companions. (It is very difficult to avoid those anthropocentric words. We already use anthropocentric language. But humans are no longer worthy of appearing when the second flood comes.)

The eyes, ears, brain and heart are all delighted after watching it.

The feeling of being touched began to spread from the moment the animals began to speak human language.

Next, I would like to recommend that everyone go to the theater to watch this dialogue-free, allegorical animated film without revealing too many details!

Natural character

In nature, each species has its own unique genetic character. At the same time, each life form also has its own life character. Living in their own closed world is fine, but if they step on the same boat, mutual assistance and conflicts will arise at the same time. The film respects the characteristics of the species that have been observed so far to show the five protagonists. The director is very brave in respecting the role of nature. The five different animal protagonists speak their own language to complete the communication, and even effectively convey this communication to the audience. The visual language in it is amazing!

Life Experience

As a human being, the natural character engraved in our genes cannot be changed, which sometimes makes us feel distressed. After the adventure of drifting on the same boat, the protagonists in the film have made subtle but visible changes while retaining their natural characters. This is probably the importance of life experience! Even if genes have written most of the drafts, life will suddenly make a small decision at a certain moment after experiencing the experiences brought by fate, but it can change the direction of the story. This may be the wonder of being alive.

Unknown Good

After going through a period of lows in life, I often feel lucky in the past few years, as if there is a kind of help from the unknown. Sometimes it is real acquaintance, but people flying higher in the sky, or giving some feeding-style job opportunities, or passing on experience with the belief of teaching people to fish. The small problems in life can be properly solved, and when encountering bigger problems, because of the kindness from strangers, the originally distressing problems are cleverly turned into a relaxed mentality that I never thought of. It would be great if all these kindnesses could be repaid, but more often like the little black cat at the end, the unknown kindness comes from unknown places, and I can't find the right point to repay. I can only find some comfort in visual language and music. I believe that there is probably something in the world of spirit and energy that is connected.

Mirror

The beginning and the end echo each other, the story is not only a story but also a mirror of life.

The structure and rhythm are beautiful. Thanks to the director's poetic language. Although I almost lived in Bengbu when I knew he was born in 1994 (after all, he is the composer, artist and storyteller), I still hope that everyone will not miss this wonderful animation! ! ! I still shed tears even though it was not deliberately sentimental. I was touched by the truth, kindness and beauty without words. I hope everyone can also be moved! No matter what kind of character life gives us, we can have our own 100% wonderful life experience!