You meet someone and make a mistake. You want to make up for it and pay it off, but in the end you find that you are powerless to make up for it. The sins you committed can never be made up for, and we can never pay back what we owe. …As long as a mistake is made, it is a mistake that can never be made up for.
——"Big Fish and Begonia"
Introduction: "Big Fish and Begonia" is produced by Biantian Culture, directed by Liang Xuan and Zhang Chun, and directed by Liang Xuan An animated film written by a screenwriter.
The film tells the story of a girl named "Chun" in a space parallel to the human world. During her 16-year-old coming-of-age ceremony, a human died to save her. She would do anything to repay her kindness. The story of resurrecting the soul of a human boy at a price and fighting against fate with the help of "Qiu".
When I first saw the film, I was attracted by the name of the protagonist. I suddenly thought of a sentence in Qu Yuan's "Li Sao", "The sun and the moon suddenly do not drown us, and spring and autumn are the order of the times." It can be said that the four seasons of the world, All things are in order, all reincarnations in the world are permanent, and have their own laws. After watching it in depth with this thought, I feel that what the film wants to convey to us is not just a simple warning to people to fight against fate.
Young Kun rescued people heroically. Behind his seemingly courageous behavior was an irresponsible and reckless action.
Kun and his sister depended on each other, working at sunrise and resting at sunset. They had a thatched house by the seaside. The lights were on at night, and a storm raged on the sea. Chun was blown into the fishing net and could not move. The boy ignored his sister's dissuasion and resolutely jumped into the sea to save her. Chun kept struggling because she was afraid of contact with humans. After she was finally rescued, the boy was sucked into the whirlpool and lost his life.
On the shore is the helpless cry of the little sister, and at the bottom of the sea is the sleeping brother who can never wake up again.
Acting bravely is a good thing, but acting rashly is dangerous.
Chun changed his destiny to repay his kindness and changed the laws of nature without authorization, which will eventually lead to disaster. The world of mortals will reincarnate, and there is a definite cycle of cause and effect.
Chun's mother told her to stay away from humans. This was the rule of their world. After death, the soul of a human being returns to the bottom of the sea. This is also the rule. Just like natural selection in the human world, all things can thrive only if they grow in the right time. Any human intervention will lead to disaster, and violating the laws of nature for one's own selfishness will be a tragedy.
Qiu's wishful devotion, a lonely act of love that puts his tribe in danger, seems selfless but is actually selfish.
Many people are moved by Qiu's love for Chun and give silently. In fact, Qiu's selflessness is based on his selfishness, regardless of the life and death of his people.
Qiu is a god, but he is supposed to protect his people but becomes Chun’s accomplice. That seawater intrusion was not Chun's fault, but was caused by him, because he stole the Dragon King Mask and wanted to send Kun and Chun to the human world. He made a deal with the devil.
For love, he sacrificed himself, which is great. However, he also risked sacrificing his clan members. Although he did not intend to do so, he could not change the result of hurting others.