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I didn't play the game but I liked the concept.

While watching the movie, I understood the plot but I kept asking myself: what is the purpose of this movie ? I understood that it is about a man trying to escape from a labyrinth but what else is it about?

One scene changed everything: when the main character sees himself in a dream with his child. I think this movie is not only about a labyrinth; it is also about becaming a parent.

In the first scene, we see a mother with her baby having trouble on a train. Later we see a boy in the Labyrinth who runs away from his mother.

The Walking Man meets the boy and decides to leave the labyrinth with him but he never listens to the boy and he choose to take a "Shortcut". For me, this is a very significative scene. They are no Shortcut to becoming a good dad.

At the beginning of the movie, the main character learns he is going to become a father. He encounters many anomalies that cry like babies. Especially the babies in the locker scene, which reminded me of old news stories where Womem who couldn’t get abortions left their babies in a coin locker. For me the anomalies are the representations of the fear of becoming a parents and the idea that he may have wanted to abort because he didn’t know whether he would be a good father or not.
Step by step, he progresses through the labyrinth and becomes more confident, just like when you become a parent. At first you don't really know what to do, but little by little, you learn. He meets the boy, and after choosing to move forward together, he starts listening to him. Like a parent and a child, they help each other. He guides the boy and the boy also helps him. Together, they manage to get out.

The labyrinth represents the road to becoming a good parent: it is not easy. You can make mistakes, but you can’t give up, because nobody knows the right path from the beginning.

At the end, however, the meaning of the movie becomes darker, because the main character seems to be trapped in a loop again again...