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SPOILER The Ending

posted 8 years ago by Em0411
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I seem to be the only one who did not see the ending being his suicide. Am I the only one who saw this differently? He finally decided to get on with his life and truly let his late wife go, to not live in the past, that's why he moves out of their apartment. He wanted to give the house to Pauline anyway, and he said goodbye to her because he wanted to see her and his son together romantically, the way he couldn't be because of the age gap and his feelings for his late wife, she was his last love but Pauline was the one who showed him he could still enjoy life. He didn't want to stand in the way of her ending up with his son, he tells his son not to let her go. He was happy when he told his son to tell Pauline that he figured it out, he wouldn't be saying that if he was committing suicide. He had originally told her that a person doesn't figure out their life until it's over, he figured out his life before it was over and he wanted her to know that, to know that he was happy, not that he was offing himself! He also reassured his son that he knew he was not left with nothing. Double negative there but that's how they say it too. Okay, he did not commit suicide, he figured out how to be happy on his own.

When you get up in the morning, how do you decide what shade of black to wear? (Shallow Grave)

[–] buchman71 8 years ago

I completely agree with you, it doesn't make sense to me that he commited suicide after all. I don't know if the book the movie is based on is more explicit on the ending.

[–] Em0411 8 years ago

Thank you, I didn't realize there was a book, I am going to find it and read it. I really liked this story and I would like to be clearer on the ending, if possible. (I just went looking online and...maybe not. I think the only version of the novel is in French.)

When you get up in the morning, how do you decide what shade of black to wear? (Shallow Grave)

[–] Em0411 8 years ago

I watched it again and sadly it is very obvious he kills himself. I didn't want him to and still think he had lots to live for, he seemed so content but maybe that was supposed to make his ending more of a shock. And maybe he was content knowing his plan and how he was going to carry it out. He had passed away when Pauline was waiting for Miles on the bench in the last scene, he appeared to her after she said she missed him just like his late wife was appearing to him throughout the movie, there only in thought. I'm sure they were meeting to go to his funeral in that scene, Miles asked Pauline if she was ready and they were both wearing head to toe black. It was why he was packing up the apartment and left the house to Pauline. It was why Miles started putting the books back on the shelves; he wanted him to stay and realized the packing up was a bad sign. He figured it out (regarding people figuring out their lives completely only when they die). I really liked every part of this movie and thought it was great acting by all of them. I liked Miles, he was an intense person in pain but not a bad person at all. I thought he and Pauline getting together was realistic. The accent didn't bother me at all, a lot of it was just how Michael Caine speaks, which is lovely to listen to.

When you get up in the morning, how do you decide what shade of black to wear? (Shallow Grave)