This chapter explores the movie and novel "City of Sadness," focusing on how different perspectives change the understanding of childhood events. It discusses the contrast between a child's naive view and the adult's more nuanced understanding of the same events, highlighting the film's "sad but not hurtful" theme. The discussion touches upon how the significance of the stories unfolds with age.
The film's theme is "sad but not hurtful."
The significance of events is better understood with age.
Different generations may have different interpretations of the film.