What the fock is in the box?

hi everyone,


first of all, congratulations to this excellent thread

second of all, isn't it interesting when the filmmakers make us feel the boys might catch their father with the box at the old house? later we see that the father has gotten away, and the sons find the worms in the hole digged by their father

isn't it like when people don't understand each other? like different actions slipped in time?


what do you guys think?


andrea

At first i thought it was, but what the director said makes it more complicated now

I would support the argument about misunderstanding between humans
The box is a symbol of distance between the father and his sons
Everyone has his secret that cannot be told, or unwilling to tell others

They never took photos of him because he was a scary violent crazy SOB.

-- I walk around mumbling to myself. People think I'm not crazy - they think I'm on my cell phone.

I thought it was the money dad and his accomplices stole before he went to prison for 12 years.

-- I walk around mumbling to myself. People think I'm not crazy - they think I'm on my cell phone.

Do you guys remember that they went to this kind of fishing station of something, and the dad got this huge package from these guys (that looked like a dead body to me)? what happened to that?

nicely said

best yet - kudos

Great film of really debut director, i'm proud of this film
I think Patrick is right. The love, and only love can be in that box. Love don't buy for the money which you can bury in to soils. And he met to show own love to kids at this camping, open this box. It's a simbol.

I was wondering about this too, but it didn't spoil the film for me and I didn't think it was a mistake.
I like your interpretation that the Father's love was in the box. In the UK we get used to watching Hollywood films that are mostly WYSIWYG (that's an observation not a criticism), but this example just shows how the use of metaphors can enhance a well-made film.

I really like you're point of view! I also think most of the movie have a symbolic meaning only...

When I watched the movie I was dragged back and forth and left to right...never knowing what to think about the father. Sometimes he seemed careing, sometimes like a criminal. The movie always tried to confuse in its best way. It's also looks like the father have some secret he wont tell the boys, this is what the viewer is waiting for to reveal throughout the whole movie. Unfortunately the father dies with all questions unanswered... and thats what makes the movie so damned good!

For me a good movie doesnt have to touch you in a positive way, or leave you happily satisfied... This movie is a prove of that!

the box is a personification of the father. it represents his past - the answers Andrey and Ivan are wanting. It disappears into the sea with the body as to suggest the boys will never know. I found some closure in that and never questioned what was in the box.

My YMDb: http://www.ymdb.com/forest-law/l32806_ukuk.html

I don't know if this has been suggested before (thread too long), but I think it's money or other valuables. As I see it, he committed a robbery, hid the prey and went to prison (which a mother surely wouldn't tell her sons, right?). He has now returned for the prey from the robbery. This would also explain his violent behavior and the fact that he really doesn't seem to care about the boys, despite being their father.