This is a film of equality -- if you are the gifted one, you were about to drown in yourself; if you are the common one, you were about to drown in the life. so either way, we all share a same destination -- a war, either against yourself or the world.
In the end, the only thing of any interest is the paths people take. The tragic part is that even when they know where they're going and who they are. Everything is still a mystery. And that mystery, forever unsolved, is life.