The father bids his daughter a tender farewell and rows out into the sea, never to return.
In her old age, she finds the sea has dried up. She walks across the seabed and finds her father's old rowboat. In a symbolic ending, she is reunited with her father, appearing to revert to her childhood self as she runs to him. Key Themes & Symbolism Father and Daughter (Short 2000) - Awards - IMDb Father and Daughter _ 2mp4
The daughter returns to the shore repeatedly throughout her life—as a teenager, a young woman, a mother with her own children, and finally as an elderly woman. The father bids his daughter a tender farewell