Adam’s Day

You actually get a big clue about what’s going on with Adam when you see him kicking a soccer ball around with the psychiatrist. The man becomes gruff with him for pushing. Look carefully at the final occurrence. The boy is actually trying to work himself into an embrace — kind of like boys who wrestle with their fathers, an act of play and rough housing, but also an opportunity to be physically close. Quite simply, Adam is in love with this man, and desperately wants what the man’s son has — the love of a father. The contrast is stark in the very last scene. He saw the psychiatrist on the verge of panic when Adam led his son outside of his home. He returns to his own home, after having been gone for at least 24 hours, to find that no one seems to have even noticed that he was gone.