Message of the film

This film was very good and it made me think a lot about it. I can't understand people, who just hate it. I want to explain how i understood this piece of art.

First of all i think the title refers to this one scene, where Julien says something about the jungle. Julien is living like a "donkey kong" and like a lost and forgotten boy in this world. Like in a jungle. But his jungle is his illness and his family instead. And he can't ever get away of it. Also the film is made in a sort of chaos to underline that. And to emphasize the schizophrenia.

I understood the end of the film like Julien became or always was a baby. Helpless. In need of love. In need of a real family. With this scope and camera technique he looks like a baby himself, holding a dead baby in his hands under the blanket in the bed. But maybe both are dead. It made me feel very sad. I think he stole the dead baby, because he actually wanted the baby to become alive. To have something to love and care for.

I think Julien wasn't ill when he was born. After his brother was born, his mother died. Maybe this was the beginning when he developed this schizophrenia. The impact of the dead mother was the start. In a scene there is something said about when he was born and when his brother was born. I understood that this way.
And with the mother being dead and having been presumably the only sane anchor of the family, all family members developed illness, schizophrenia etc. The father became maybe ill as the first one, because he couldn't get over the death of his wife . And because of him all others suffered and eventually became also ill. He even wanted to dress his son in his wifes clothes.

This film raised so many questions.
I think the sister was not pregnant by Julien. The film suggests it by the scene where Julien and the sister are being shown together. But in the one scene the father says: "Say she is a slut". How can he say something like that? I suggests to me that he knows how the baby resulted from. I suppose the father was the father of the baby. How the girl is behaving towards the father, submissive and all.

One of the strongest scenes is the scene where it is said that you have to have attitude in your life. It is so true!

It explains the film.

All in all i think the father lacks attitude. He gave up after the death of his wife. Only drinking and being evil. No attitude to life and love at all. And still he forces his other son to become a winner. He plagues everyone. Lets his son shiver on the street. Humilates everyone. And ironic as it is, in church behaving like a saint in perfect white shirt. Why is it that so often catholics or christians are shown such phony? If you see how ill the father is, you understand completely the psychic health of all family members. Julien and the others are just the product of their environment. And this environment is unhealthy and very sick.

This film lets my heart cry. And still there are so many grotesque and funny scenes which made me laugh. I feel ashamed by that because it's a real and authentic film about a family which exists everywhere, maybe not in the exact same level and illness. But they exist in a sort or manner. We just don't wanna know or just ignore. I even can make some sort of connection to my own family at some small point.

So how can Julien get away from this life? What is it, what he wants?
With a symbolic way, he just wants to get under the blanket and dissapear. Dissapear from this world. From this family. Re-evolving into a baby like he's holding. In a sense not being born. It seems he breathes heavily under the blanket, as drowning. It might be the best for him. One of the most sad film endings.

I really would discuss so many scenes. If i understood it right. After seen such a film, you have to discuss it in some way. Or the scenes won't get away from your head. So comments and explanations of the film are very appreciated. Is there any real deep explanation or review of the whole film? Sorry for the bad writing, but couldn't go to sleep after having so much on mind. Now i finally feel a little released to go slepping. :D

This film reminds me of Bad Boy Bubby. Also a fantastic film, which made me think a lot. Such films let you reflect on your own life. Maybe you appreciate the life you have much more after having seen such sadness. And to have attitude in life. I think that could have been the message.