Did I miss something when Lo stated the original legend about the jumping off the mountain wish? Wasn't the wish granted to the one who jumped? Yet here is Jen asking Lo at the end of the movie what would he like to wish for? Are we supposed to believe that wishes can be bequeathed to another now just because she regrets the outcome of her actions? Doesn't that fly in the face of the legend itself?
shareI believe it was also a different mountain (I was always under the impression they were in Mongolia during that part of the film). I think she was embracing the philosophy (and, of course, her motives are up for interpretation too).
shareJen's question to Lo might be seen in relation to another part of the story arc. The two couples in this movie have completely opposite, yet equally wrong attitudes towards social rules and respecting conventions. The older couple love each other, but are kept apart because the woman was engaged to the man's dead comrade and an arcane social rule prohibits their union. Breaking that rule would not hurt anyone; obeying it hurts them. The younger couple are social rebels and they do not wish to be bound by any rules. I think that Lo's reply to Jen's question shows that he has not learned from the events experienced by both couples. He only wishes to be as free as the wind and beyond the expectations of others. Jen makes the leap off the mountain, perhaps killing herself in the process, as an act of atonement and maybe in the hope of undoing the death of her mentor.
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