I had no idea what to expect from this movie and I was really blown away by its simplicity and beautiful storytelling. What a great movie! However, I wasn't sure what to think of the ending. Do you think the children survive the giant wave?
sharei don't think they wanted to survive. i think they just wanted to get away. :(
It's always darkest before...the dawn.
Nopes. They deliberately stand there. To get swept away by the wave. I was stunned when I saw it. Kids that age do know how to take such steps? It was with such an understanding that both nod at each other and run towards the ocean to get drowned.
shareyep, they definitely did it on purpose; i thought they were about to jump in and the man with long hair noticed them yet did nothing to stop it after witnessing their love for one another and their parents' flaws. This is an amazing universally accurate film as the parents put their unhappy lives before their own children's happiness.
shareso what happened to them in the ending? I thought they just wanted to get away from their parents. I didn't think they wanted to get themselves drowned.
shareI think they'll be eaten by the giant waves. But whether they survive or not, the story just shows how selfish parents are sometimes. At the end of the scene, they only cared about fighting with each other and ignored the children completely. This was just only a minute after re-uniting. The ending is so powerful.
shareThe ending have been left open on purpose. You don't really see what happened to the kids, just that their silhouettes fades away at the end of the movie.
It's not clear if they dies or just got wet and later were "rescued" by their parents.
It's up to you to decide what happened to these charming kids.
Obviously, considering the stupidity of their elders, they wanted the ocean to swallow them.
A sentiment felt by many Cubans, I'm sure.
If we are to be brothers, let us be brothers for life, die together.