Tragic and humbling. Displayed almost all of the classic tags of a good art film: time/history piece (WWII), temporal disjunction, picturesque settings, fantastic composition, interesting camera angles, metaphors, and a single metaphorical motif (fireflies). Compare to The English Patient or Like Water for Chocolate.
Not sure if I liked the ending. I would have liked to see them return to the moment of his death as a bookend so that we could truly appreciate the significance of the fruit drop can.
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