This film is about two elderly men. One is named Nils who retired from the Ministry of Environment and Forests and the other is Gosta Johansson who is a farmer. Nils comes to a rural area to commit suicide. However, when Nils is waiting a train on a railroad crossing to be run over, Gosta accidentally finds and helps him though he even doesn't know what he tried to do. Gosta invites Nils to his house for a cup of coffee. Although Nils tries to leave the house, Gosta tries to hold him every time by showing his house and his life. After a while, Nils finally leaves home. He comes back to the rail crossing. But this time, he has changed his mind and through the crossing to go back his home.
After watching this film, one idiom comes up in my mind. That is "Treasure every encounter, for it will never recur" which is "一期一会" in Japanese. In the film, Nils actually did not expect an encounter with Gosta. If he did not meet him, the future would be really different. We cannot predict our future. That truth sometimes makes us depressed. But sometimes it also makes us hopeful. Thanks to this wonderful short film, I re-realized the important thing for life.
Lastly, I put one of my favorite scenes from the film here. A man on the right side is Nils and the other is Gosta.
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