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The Aunt: Is she alive? SPOILER


Towards the end of the film when the uncle comes back to the villa a woman in a white robe rushes out of the front door for a brief second - is this the aunt who "supposedly" died in the cabinet? Was she faking the death?

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I think so. Plus, who was the guy that shot Arthur? And who was the guy that drove it, grabbed the money, and met the aunt? I'm a little confused.

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Arthur's uncle shot him. The guy that drove in and grabbed the money was the man who the money belonged to (I forget his name).

I'm fairly sure it is the Aunt.

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Arthur came back to the house to check if the aunt was still alive. She was alive, apparently she faked it, or she just fainted. Arthur asks her where the money is, she tells him its in the dog's house, Arthur goes to get the money at the same time his uncle arrives. Meanwhile the aunt untie her hands and comes out of the house at the same moment Mr. Stolz arrives.

That's what happened, I suppose.

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Did the aunt tell Arthur the money was in the dog house? I just thought he figured it out on his own, because when the three of them originally left he glanced at the dog and then looked at the dog house like he had a hunch it was in there.

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Yes, I thought I saw someone that looked like the aunt scurry out of the door. The camera moved off her very quickly and it was quite far away so I couldn't be sure.

Guess she had just fainted and then escaped.

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I'm happy I'm not the only person completely confused by the ending.....it didn't make any sense at all

At least you'll never be a vegetable - even artichokes have hearts!

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She suffocated, because she couldn't breathe through her nose due to allergies. That's why she asked Artur not to gag her.



It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied.

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She fainted.. when Stolz goes into the house the aunt comes out alive

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