"The Fantasy Drifting of Young Pi" is directed by Ang Lee and adapted by Canadian writer Yang Lee. Martel published his novel of the same name in 2001, The Fantasy Drift of the Young Pi. It was released on November 22, 2012 in Chinese mainland.
This is a movie that, except for the beginning and the end, the protagonist has been floating in the vast sea. The story comes from India, the protagonist's father has a zoo, the government needs to reclaim the zoo's land, the protagonist's father decided to immigrate to Canada, and at the same time smuggled the animals in the park to Canada. Then there is the family boarding the ship, and then the shipwreck, and then the protagonist's experience of drifting all the way to the sea for more than 3 months and nearly 4 months, which contains a lot of fantastic experiences and stories.
Everything is so simple, the impression is the brilliant sky, the fierce sunshine, the male protagonist's anxious and tired eyes and finally reach the other shore, if it is simply to see it again, many people will think that this is a very inspirational story, the protagonist has experienced many hardships and with his strong and indomitable spirit and will, he finally overcame the difficulties to survive. There is also sorrow and regret for the accident and the death of the protagonist's relatives.
However, some people say that the original novel has another interpretation of this story, that is, in the process of drifting at sea, the animals watching each other fight and kill each other, in fact, they and several family members fight each other and even kill and eat each other.
As for why the protagonist tells this story from an animal point of view, some people say that because Pie feels that these cruel things cannot be said, my idea is whether he cannot accept such a fact psychologically, so he mentally replaces these people with animals. This is a self-protection mechanism, in order not to completely collapse one's mind, to lose those good memories and cognition of those who once loved deeply, so the story is changed at the level of the mind to protect oneself. Or maybe the protagonist deliberately tells the story in this way so that people have more room for imagination. Or maybe the director deliberately deleted such an ending to make people have more room for imagination and thinking.
In short, I personally think that the truth of this novel is really a little too dark...
Director Ang Lee's story is believed to be very familiar to everyone, his wife has been accompanying him when his talent is not appreciated, although he once cried with his mother, but still insisted on taking on the burden of supporting the family, only with the director's thick accumulation and thin hair, presenting one classic work after another. Many of his works have won awards at major film festivals, and "The Fantasy Drift of Young Pi" is one of the leaders. The film won the 85th Academy Award for Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Visual Effects, and Best Score. In addition, the film has won many awards and more than a dozen nominations at other film festivals. It is enough to see that this film has won high recognition from the industry and the love of the audience.