Tom and I walked down the hill for dinner and a movie, more specifically, the Noodle Studio and Smoke Signals . Good movie, irrelevant title. The film was touching, at least to me because I've experienced my own relationship difficulties with my family. As did the last line, which expressed the very un-Hollywood idea that, after the closing credits, the story may not necessarily be over. What kept Victor going in his daily life was his anger against his father.
Forgiveness takes courage, strength, and even pain.
It can be a blow to one's pride, sure. I think we're meant to wonder what One will do now that he has a sort of a new life in front of him, without the anger directed against his father. With smooth transitions to flashbacks and subdued references to the presence of the dead among the living, the film quietly showed aspects of Native American spirituality without making a big deal of it all. I like it when a film expects me to understand what's going on and doesn't hold up cue cards for me.