The barren landscape, the meager language and the mature child recounts a compelling story between father and son. At first, the father didn’t seem to have the right words to comfort his young son understand how to deal with the death of a classmate. But the boy didn’t need any help except from his grand uncle. It turns out the father had his own problem when long ago his uncle told him not to cry for the death of his mother. But the boy falls asleep and doesn’t hear his father grieve for not being allowed to cry for the death of his mother and explain why he didn’t care for his uncle. I like films sort of leaves us hanging. Maybe the uncle mellowed in his older years.