Diving In

A fantastic take on the real life situation of boy meets girl.  "River Child" sees two young girls travel to the river, walking through a course of beautiful fields and forests with the sun always at a perfect angle at a side view such as sunrise would show or even a sunset but the film is set during the daytime assuming its the afternoon that the event takes place.  The title "River Child" makes me believe that the younger of the two girls feels that the river is her home and possibly where she belongs in the world around her.  She doesn't seem to fit in out of the water.  We are shown this from the younger boys reaction to seeing the younger girl and not being as attracted to each other as the two older people are.  The world that the girl enters when under the water seems almost a perfect image for her, a place of tranquility and peace that the girl can show her true maturity and belonging.  Speaking of maturity, this brings to mind the event that the film basis around, the little drowning boy who lies unconscience in the river, and has to be revived by the younger of the two girls, and when her job is done she returns to the river, her natural habitat.  The mere fact that she showed how responsible she is when confronted with a problem thrown in front of her showing the confines of a human life in someone else hands is enough to show the sheer beauty of someone who belongs in a natural place, for this little girl it was the river she so found at home in.  The end of the film is the girl returning to the river, returning to her natural home.  The screen pauses on a shot of the girl underwater with a smile on her face.  This one scene managed to make me smile, and that effect that i would usually have after doing a kind deed, or completing  a test kicked in, that butterfly effect when something so beautiful appears in front of you and all you can do is smile.  That is exactly what this film is; beautiful.  So i suppose, this whole experience is like diving into a wonderful snapshot of how some people find their true meaning in life.