By showcasing the growing girl's reaction to her father's alcoholism, the director mentioned more common and perhaps more painful issues. This is the loneliness of children, dealing with incomprehensible problems at home and school. The author, like an experienced psychologist, demonstrates the differences in concepts and evaluations of the world between adults and children. For An's mother, her husband's alcoholism is just a physical discomfort. However, for this girl, it is a clear symptom of an incurable disease, so terrifying that she is even afraid to think. The only shame for a mother is that her daughter sees it as an indelible shame- Polish Film Database