大地是關於根(祖厝)大河是關於流動(教育)、生機、文明(司祭、燈泡、科學)順著滋養大地的大河(恆河)流向廣闊的大海;都是「金瓶梅」的故事對《荡媚公熄乱文合集》類的電影較為無感說教意味、情感通俗戲劇與寫實的關係揭示細節、晦暗、象徵、情感紀實街拍、火車進站古典鏡語高超:父親死千山鳥飛絕、火車轉場、井桶繩拉緊樹幹表現母親急切打到一半放手、男人煙斗與阿普地球儀、日出與母親神情表述叫兒子起床的掙扎、Dolly in 強調情緒再次感謝為我們眼不能及的世界發聲感嘆孟加拉太容易死人
The son could only talk to his father in the sister's absence? Despite the ostensible 'answer' given at the end that God exists in the form of love, the film is full of ambiguities, as all the characters' reliability remain in question till the end.