The Return

This film is about a father who comes back after twelve years to check in on his kids. The father takes his two boys, Andrey and Ivan, on a holiday trip. During the trip Andrey sucks up to his father while Ivan holds resentment and doesn't know why he even came back. This is a question that is never fully answered but i have a theory about it. Through out the film the father did things that where out of the ordinary. An example is when he catches a thief and tells Andrey and Ivan to beat him up or when they were on the boat and he made them row. These seemed like he was testing them or training them to be better men. It was like he was going back to see what kind of men they were becoming and trying to shape them in any way he could. Near the end of the movie when the father dies is really a turning point because this was the point when Andrey and Ivan start to think of him as their father and start missing him. They start carrying him back home which is like them trying to hold onto having a father. At the very end the boat where their fathers body is sinks. This was a very touching moment and it could symbolizes them letting go of their father. In the end this film took its time but it had a good story and i enjoyed it.