So what happens to her?

I would not go as far as her being homeless, she could easily work in a supermarket like her sister or another dentist like place, yes I can see her not being stable and talking to herself but she won't be homeless.
What's really sad is her soul being crushed and her feeling alone and not understood by people around her, also the fact that she's the one who brought this to her husband and son multiply the guilt and depression.
Although I dispise rich people, I completely sympathises with her, you can't expect her to take that shift in the standards of living easily, plus she was not a bad person at all.

It's amazing reading these boards how many people didn't get the message here.

What's equally amazing is how quickly people on these boards can become self-righteous and condescending because they think they are the only one who understand the film being discussed.

It's even more amazing how you despise others for not getting the message of the film while you're the one who got it all wrong.
The things she has chosen to do is what made her end up that way.

Think twice next time before making such comment.

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It isn't because she lost her job, it's because she got dumped, idiot.

Oh what a day. What a lovely day!

I think you're exactly right. Jasmine was representative of those people who we see on the streets, trapped in a world of their own, often talking to themselves. Just like Jasmine, all these people had lives, once. Traumatic events and series of unfortunate circumstances led them to a life of homelessness and battle with unmedicated mental illness. They were mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, husbands, wives, sons, daughters of someone, and yet here they are, lost on the streets, many by choice.

She's carted off to a sanitarium just after her wanly muttering, "I've always depended upon the kindness of San Franciscans."

I personally think she's breached the void and isn't coming back; she was overcome by the consequences of her choices.

I am reminded of a weekend school retreat some years ago, with the theme, "Choices Have Consequences."

First she has to deal with her pain, and that's just impossible, she hardly has the time, no one cares about her, she's just alone...she's finished.
She was badly dumped, it came as such a surprise, she's dissapointed, ashamed, heart-broken, shocked, it just shattered her to pieces.


Oh what a day. What a lovely day!

I just saw this movie for the first time. What incredible performances!

Anyhow, in my opinion Dwight was a shallow self-absorbed jerk. He won't show up at the park bench and save Jasmine from herself. Dwight saw the quality of Jasmine's wardrobe and the elegance of her social skills and thought he had found the hostess he needed for the remainder of his State Department career and the subsequent political career he had planned for himself. Five minutes later he proposes because she's just the kind of woman he wants to be seen with. But the moment Dwight discovers Jasmine has been less than straightforward with him, he is perfectly willing to leave her in a distraught condition on the side of the road with no intention of ever seeing her again.

I'm sorry to say that I think that Jasmine will have a hard time recovering from her Xanax and vodka addictions while she's delusional. In "Streetcar Named Desire" Blanche was institutionalized by her sister Stella after her psychological breakdown. But that was at a time when mentally ill people didn't live on the street. Today homeless women try to ally themselves with a buddy to avoid rape, robbery, and worse. Jasmine is too far gone to survive alone on the street, and it seems that Ginger is finally done with being used and abused by her sister.

So I see Jasmine living the life she created for herself...homeless in ragged Chanel.

He was already a punk. He left her on the side of the street when she was clearly having a freakout. Unless a person is acting threateningly toward me, I would never do that and would at least make sure s/he got home safely. Being a liar doesn't mean you deserve to be stranded somewhere.

I don't patronize bunny rabbits!

I hope you two are kidding.

Why on earth would he be a punk for not going to get her?. In the first place, he was perfetcly in his right to end the relationship. She had lied to him left and right. Secondly, he had no way of knowing she was now suddenly pretty much homeless and sitting on a bench talking aloud to herself. Remember, she also hid from him her mental issues and her time in a mental institution. So he had NO reason to think anything like that was going on.

BTW, there's nothing wrong with him letting her out of the car. She demanded it. It was daytimes and the place didn't look dangerous at all.

As to what happens to her, she could become crazy and homeless and many think, or she could be again picked up and put in a mental institution. Any other chance is way less likely imo.

Excellent point. I think that the fact she's forgotten the words means she's starting to lose her connection to the fantasy she'd wrapped around her live with Hal. She's fallen, but I think she eventually accepts her new place in life.

Amy: I swear to God...I swear to God! That is NOT how you treat your human!

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To me I think this says, she's simply moving on from her distant past.

I agree as well. Forgetting the words to me was the first sign that her fantasy world was starting to crumble.

Amy: I swear to God...I swear to God! That is NOT how you treat your human!

I agree with your assessment but not your prognosis! Once Chili and Ginger had gotten tight again, there is no way Chili would want Jasmine around. He would hate Jasmine for having taken Ginger to the party where she met Al, and would always fear her undermining him to Ginger. And having nearly 'lost' Chili and seen his explosive temper, Ginger would not do anything to which he objected.

The way I see it playing out is that if the police or other authorities contacted Ginger, it would have been made clear that Jasmine had no family support. She would then be in the hands of the mental health system, whatever that entailed; a hospital, psychiatric unit, halfway house.

It's possible that after she was weaned off her cocktail of alcohol and prescription drugs she would regain some semblance of sanity. Whether her spirit could cope with her new status in life is unknown. I really do not think she could adjust to what would be a permanent loss, and think suicide would be a kind release.