The movie has a prop-the music box. This is not only a gift from Marianne to her lover David in the story, but also an image connecting life and drama, reality and surrealism in the hands of the old man. The music of the film is also very simple, only using cello and music box. Therefore, the music box is also the musical image that runs through the film. As well as the crisp and pleasant music of eight music boxes, it is the protagonist's strong regret and depression, and it is a poetic memory of fading feeling.
When a person approaches the dusk of life, it is inevitable to miss him. The difference is that some memories are just remnants, but they are often treasured by mourners; Some memories are full of poetry, but they can only be hidden in the hearts of mourners or thrown into the sea.
Marianne's music box bears witness to the pure feelings of her and David's brother and sister: after David courted her, they slept together like brothers and sisters, just holding each other's hands ... maybe this is a kind of religious purity? Maybe it's a subconscious fear of incest?
Marianne's music box also witnessed this innocent depression and helplessness: she has always been burdened with betrayal of Max; In order to redeem her daughter's custody, she gave in to Max's sex deal-"If I fuck you, you can get custody." This is her ex-husband's request; Later, he endured the more cruel and humiliating trial of his lover David-"Take off your underwear, is there any sperm on it?" She was forced to admit that she got pleasure in having sex with Max. More cruelly, when she collapsed for Max's suicide, she found that Max had a mistress before she and David, and her affair with David turned out to be the result of Max's intentional or unintentional connivance.
The last scene of infidelity is the music box, and the last piece of music is the music in the music box. Can humans only appreciate the purity of the past in memory?