As I said in the previous blog, film is a great tool for interpretation in today's time. I still think this is true but due to the complex nature of this Kieslowski short film, I believe that you cannot bank on somebody interpreting things for you. You must interpret laws on your own accord and on your own beliefs. Everybody sees life through a different and personal lens. So I believe that your personal interpretation is the best midrash.
Kieslowski left this one to our own interpretation. I think the father believes in God, after all we are told that he went through religious school, but I think that he believes and trusts knowledge more. Calculations always give a concrete answer where God doesn't always smack you in the face with an answer; that is what faith is for. I don't think that God caused the boy's death to teach his father a lesson, I think that the father is learning a lesson about God through the unfortunate events. He learns that calculations, however concrete an answer they may produce, can still be wrong. You control the variables of the calculations which is a safe and confident feeling. God can make you feel vulnerable because he has all the control. Even when Pavel goes missing, the first thing the father does is search at all the places he knows that Pavel has been or should be. He tortured himself by looking elsewhere as opposed to remaining at the pond where his answer would be revealed to him. This film just shows an example of what can happen if you trust your mind before God.
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