A MADE FOR T.V. HAPPY ENDING
In the William Trevor novella Aimee does go to America with her uncle at the end, for a dismal future. The movie provides a happy- if not altogther plausible- ending.
Blaine in Seattle
Well, there's a possibility that it wasn't reality. Did you notice how when Aimee came back and opened her curtains, it was all kind of slow an diffused with light? I had the impression that perhaps it was Ms Delahunty's way of dealing with the loss of yet another person she cares about. She certainly had a "psychic" dream showing the little girl's possible future, and her dreams mostly turned out to be true. So maybe this was her coping mechanism, to create the perfect outcome.
"You shouldn't have hit me with that!... You'll ruin the cake!" - Greybags
Indeed. You're right. Throughout the film she's retelling history in fictionalized terms and the ending appears to be her coping mechanism view of how things might have been rather than the more harsh reality of the lives of all involved.
shareWe are not supposed to take the film's ending literally. As the film is ending, Maggie Smith is explaining directly to the audience that *in her books* there is always a happy ending for lovers and children. She is creating her own ending for Aimee.
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