If I were to summarize this movie, it'd be that it's a movie about a guy who comes back home from an unknown place and starts to build a house on a river. His sister helps him. She has a pet turtle. For the most part, they build the house by themselves but eventually finish it with a little help from a few other town folks.
That's pretty much it.
Well, here's the problem. It has an ending that, while not a total surprise, completely conflicts with the movie's serene and understated tone. In fact, it felt abrupt, rendering the movie to pretty much, well, the above summary. So the movie makes no sense whatsoever. And I'm willing to ignore the turtle that is possibly being symbolic of ... a lot of things.
It's too bad because I really enjoyed the cinematography and the serene pacing.
