i know nothing about this film when i watch it on sundance channel the other day . so i be able to let it hit me with no preconceived idea . if you haven not watch it yet and please do so before read anything else . now and in general represent great acting and very realistic feel and and the child be amaze . it felt unscripted whenever they be on screen and their character and personality seem so realistic . and all the adult be also very human and real . the end represent i have have to ponder this a lot and and someone else comment help me sort through it . it doesn not end neatly with all the loose end tie up like real life and with choice bring effect and consequence . i be shock at first how alexei just disappear at the hospital after discover his power be go . i agree with someone who say that his passion must have be divert away from heal when he set them on julie instead and and i be not surprise when this happen . in fact and a they be pursue their romance and i suspect he be make a choice whether he realize it or not and and he say he do not want to do the healing anymore and want to be with her and so maybe he do know . he be human after all and facing and give in to human nature temptation of lust and desire for romance and relationship . i admit i feel some worry about him and what would have happen to him . but then the end of the movie come suddenly and with time have pass and julie grow large with alexei baby and and everyone seeming to be at peace with life at that point . that be what be so thought provoking after the movie end . bottom line and we live in the here and now and make the best of bad or less than ideal life circumstance and and that be where this family seem to land . but i still worry about what happen to alexei .