what happened to Karli in the end?
His mother leaves in a hurry and never comes back. the house is locked and Karli nowhere to be found.... where was he? did he die?
shareHard to say, definitely not convinced he died though. First of all, no one seemed to have any motive to hurt him. Secondly he was recovering from his injuries well, didn't lose his eyesight and was lying in bed. It wouldn't be easy to invade the house and hurt him. Thirdly, the mother did seem upset but not devastated in her last scene. It's mentioned that she loved her son so I'd expect her to behave differently if he had died.
My guess would be:
-Daughter speaks to other children about being abused by her father.
-Some of the children decide to react and hurt the doctor. Horse accident happens and the way it did plus the initial policeman scene advocate that theory.
-Doctor realises word has gone around and emergently leaves the village taking sick Karli with him to a hotel or a hospital in the city.
-Doctor is either unable to take Karli's mother along or refuses to since he hates her
-Queue Karli's mother scene where she is desperate to get to the city, she probably even lies about knowing who the perpetrator is. Why else would the mother be so convinced to go to the city and later never comes back ? She only cared about her son and the doctor.
-Doctor later comes back to take his kids away as the narrator says.
-Villagers blame everything on the doctor and karli's mother as there are some indications about it but most importantly, it's much easier for them to blame someone who's left the village than people still living in the village.
-Nothing else is known since the narrator leaves and never sees any villager again.
Have watched countless films and I'm still amazed by how brilliant some screenplays are.