Caddo Lake

Timeline and plot summary of main characters: Anna was born in 1945 according to news archive records (actually born in 2014). She was 8 years old in 1952 (in 2022, after Ellie became a nun in anger, Anna also sailed out to the center of the lake and traveled to 1952, where she was injured and fell to the ground and could not go back, so she disappeared completely in the time and space of 2022. Barris also traveled to 1952 to save her and sent her to the people of that year for treatment, and she stayed in 1952 to start a new life.) She started to have epilepsy in 1972 (the beginning of her husband's record). She had three seizures in 1985, one seizure in 1986, and three seizures in 1993. She died in a car accident on August 19, 1999 at the age of 55. She was born in 2014 and discovered that the center of the lake began to travel through time many times. On August 19, 1999, his mother Anna was driving him in a car accident. Since then, he has been worried about not being able to ask his mother for help and his mother's sudden illness. In 2003, Barris picked up the necklace that Ellie lost when she traveled through time in the middle of the lake. He found that it was the same as his mother's and became suspicious. He accidentally discovered the existence of the barrier and began to investigate. He began to travel through time on September 26, 2003. He completely disappeared in his own time and space. When he traveled through time, he saved his mother Anna when she was a child and left her in 1952. Finally, he traveled to 2022 along the rope left by Ellie. In 2022, Barris drowned Ellie. In 2003, Barris and his wife got pregnant with Ellie in the RV. On September 26, 2003, Barris disappeared. In 2005, Ellie traveled through time and saw her young mother and herself. In the first half of the movie in 2022, Ellie lived with Anna, and her mother reunited with her great-grandfather.

Detailed discussion: 1. The cause of the car accident at the beginning of the movie (how did Anna die?) According to the detailed analysis, the setting of the movie can be known: the side effects (hand tremors, epilepsy, ear bleeding, etc.) of the main body traveling through time and space once in the center of the lake, and the main bodies in other time and space also suffer the same degree of side effects at the same time. Because Anna traveled through time and space many times when she was 8 years old (seeing wolves, picking up extinct four-eyed moths, etc.), that is to say, the 8-year-old Anna traveled to 1999, and her body suffered from side effects and epilepsy, and she happened to be driving in 1999, and she also suffered from side effects and epilepsy, causing the car to lose control and rush out of the bridge. The doctor also said that her physical condition was not suitable for driving a vehicle. Barris and his wife said that they had never had epilepsy because he was the main body and had not traveled yet. 2. The relationship between Anna and Ellie Anna and Ellie are half-sisters from a reconstituted family. When the two sisters discussed who their parents would adopt, they explained it, so Ellie's mother just married her great-grandfather, not as some people say, reincarnation. 3. The reincarnation and bug of the necklace. Anna first took the necklace from Ellie's mother's jewelry box in 2022. It was given to Ellie's mother by Barris in 2003. Barris took the relic of his mother Anna from his parents' home, so... the necklace is closed. But Ellie snatched the necklace from her mother in 2005, and dropped it in 2003 and was picked up by Barris, so Barris may have left two necklaces for Ellie's mother. Ellie snatched one in 2005, and the other was taken by Anna in 2022, so which necklace is the source? 4. The strange noise in the lake. The strange noise in the lake that Ellie and Barris heard was the sound of explosives exploding when the dam was repaired in 1952. Barris also heard the sound of a helicopter flying over when searching for Anna in 2022. Although animals (wolves, crocodiles, four-eyed moths) can travel through time, and Barris's dog can hear the strange noise, it seems that no one except their family can hear it. 5. Neat cuts The barrier that crosses the space in the center of the lake opens when there is no water in the dry season, and closes when it is flooded. When it closes, it cuts off all matter and leaves a neat cut. Ellie's broken rope explains the half of the crocodile that was neatly cut at the beginning. (At first I thought this movie was about a monster in the lake)

" The Disappearance of Lake Kedo " is an excellent science fiction thriller: every time there is a drought, a certain area of ​​Lake Kedo can travel through time and space. How does the disappearance of an 8-year-old girl affect the fate of three generations? The “Spiral” Narrative The clever use of double-helix narrative and narrative tricks, coupled with the steady rhythm control, make this story very interesting. At the beginning, the connection between the two lines was not strong, and the characteristics of the era were deliberately blurred, creating the illusion that everyone was in the same era. When I first watched the movie, I thought the hero and the heroine would meet, until the first time travel occurred, I found that things were not that simple. In the second half, the spiral narrative begins to work its magic. The hero sets up the mystery in a positive spiral, while the heroine solves it in a reverse spiral. Parallel editing is used repeatedly, and the construction and dismantling of the mystery occur simultaneously. The roar of cannons in the distance, the crocodile cut in half, the wolves walking on the water, the long-extinct moth, the necklace accidentally dropped...many foreshadowings are recovered one by one (if you are interested in watching it more, you will find more small details). The hero and heroine repeatedly jump on the timeline, one is looking for the mother, the other is looking for the sister, and in the end we know that the mother and the sister are the same person. The moment the truth is revealed, the story forms a closed loop, and the tragedy begins. The way home After the heroine traveled through time twice, she followed the ringtone of her cell phone and returned to 2022. In order to prevent herself from getting lost, she tied a rope to the way home. This was a smart move. She traveled to 2005 to find out the truth and returned smoothly. But it also led to tragedy by mistake: the hero followed the rope to 2022 where the heroine was, and was arrested by the police as a suspect. He was obsessed with returning to his own time and space, and eventually drowned in Lake Kaido. The father and daughter had a chance to meet, but fate made them pass by each other. Fear of “travel through time” The film's producer , Sha Lan, ensured the film's thriller quality. The tense atmosphere began to build after the girl disappeared. When the heroine first traveled through time and saw her past self, the psychological thriller was revealed, and then it progressed layer by layer as the story progressed. When the hero returned to the distant 1952, the fear brought by the time travel reached its peak.

Why does time travel cause fear? There are probably two reasons:

• Fear of belonging . Realizing that one does not belong to the current time and space, the loss of a sense of belonging brings about a high degree of uncertainty, which in turn generates anxiety and panic. -Self -gazing fear . Have you ever had this experience: staring at yourself in the mirror for a long time or meeting another self in a dream will feel very weird. Staring at yourself is like staring into the abyss, and a primitive fear will naturally arise. The deepest fear often comes from within, and Jordan Peele's " Us " was inspired by this.

Accept Regret Because of Anna, we are family. Although he missed his biological father, he got a stepfather who is related to him by blood, and the disappeared family affection returned in another way.

They didn't leave on purpose. One sentence made the years of misunderstanding and conflict between mother and daughter disappear. In 2024, the characters in the time-travel movie finally break out of the vicious circle of infinite reincarnation and changing their fate against the will of heaven. After knowing everything, they choose to accept their regrets and reconcile with others. Clear Stream Excellent drama and sincere emotions make this film stand out from many dark and cruel movies and become a fresh stream. " The Disappearance of Lake Caddo " reminds us again that a good movie sometimes does not need a grand theme, a huge scene or vulgar sensory stimulation. As long as the story is told well, subtle emotions are enough to move people.

Dark space-time paradox, double lines crossing = space-time overlap Clues: oil pump at the end of the woods, wolf in the woods, wolf howling in the ear Male and female protagonist's unusual features: epilepsy, left hand tremor, loop necklace

Plot points: 50min, sister Ellie finds that she has returned to the time loop of the day when her sister Anna disappeared. 55min, the male and female protagonists find their sisters separately. The sister finds her sister whose engine has stalled. The male protagonist finds her sister who has fallen on the fallen leaves with a back injury. 1h, the female protagonist goes back to the time before her sister disappeared and the family quarrels. The male protagonist goes back to 1952 to build a dam and blow up the mountain. 1h5min, the female protagonist keeps traveling through the woods, the cell phone rings, and she uses a yellow tow rope. 1h10min, the male protagonist follows the tow rope to find the female protagonist's time and space and drives away her sister's boat. The time and space are swapped. The male protagonist is in 2003 and the female protagonist is in 2022.

1h15min, the heroine meets the hero's girlfriend and child, and learns the names of Ellie and Anna. The necklace turns over, and the heroine's sister travels to 1952, is bitten by a wolf and is rescued, and later gives birth to the hero. 1h22min, in 2022, the hero learns from TV that the eight-year-old Anna wearing the necklace is missing. In 2005, the heroine searches on Google and finds her sister Anna in 1953.

1h32min ending, the heroine returns along the life rope, the hero jumps off the dam and drowns. One is looking for his father and sister, the other is looking for his mother, three generations are entangled

I haven't seen such a surprising loop suspense film for a long time, absolutely invincible, absolutely. The heroine's sister Anna disappeared as the lead, the heroine looking for her sister, and the hero looking for his mother. The starting timeline of the hero is 2003, and the starting timeline of the hero is 2022. First, Anna traveled through time and was trapped in 1952. The hero also traveled to 1952 and found Anna and left her in the past. Then Anna married and gave birth to the hero. Then in 1999, the hero lost his mother Anna in a car accident. Since then, the hero has been deeply remorseful. In 2003, the hero made his girlfriend pregnant, and then found clues in the center of the lake at the same time, began his time and space journey, and then died in the future. The hero disappeared in his own timeline. After the girlfriend became pregnant, she gave birth to the heroine Ellie alone, and then formed a family with another divorced man with a baby. The man's daughter is Anna. Ellie and Anna became sisters, and then the sister disappeared in 2022, so the sister's perspective: My sister is my grandmother. The protagonist’s perspective: The little girl I saved is my mother. This is just a relationship between characters, but in fact, some small loops interspersed in the middle make the clues progressive, the emotions gradually become stronger, and they are also guiding the psychological changes of the characters. The actors’ interpretations are also very good, and the soundtrack and main colors are also very thick. These encounters finally let the worried people untie the knot, "I'm going home, I promise", but you can't go back after all, because you never appear in your own timeline again. The protagonist can be said to have exchanged his second half of his life for his first half of his life. In the end, all the contradictions were resolved. We have always been a family. It really is suspenseful and sad.

Don't spoil the plot, don't spoil the plot. The philosophical space-time closed loop and blood paradox. He saved the missing Anna in 1950 and became her mother when she grew up, forming a variant of the "grandmother paradox". What's more thought-provoking is that after the family was reorganized, the two of them became grandmother and granddaughter. The mother's drowning death completed the last link of the closed loop - his sacrifice was both cause and effect, a sign and a fate. Human beings are extremely small in the focus and changes of time and space. They think they can control space, but they can never control time. They can't even control themselves. Especially their own memories. Anna disappeared, not amnesia. But it formed the Mandela effect. Memory butterfly. Are memories reconstructed by reality? Well. The word "existence" is Chinese. In ancient English. Being must represent the existence in a philosophical sense. Existence is the continuation of being. And the countless intersections of time and space in the film are exactly. Questioning the essence of "existence": when the past, present and future are intertwined, is the individual's choice truly free? The mystery of nature and the insignificance of human beings are juxtaposed, leaving a trace of warmth in the closed-loop fate.