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The Ending?

posted 10 years ago by Bavarian
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I saw it yesterday on ARTE TV-station and I was somehow frustrated.

Could someone please explain the ending of the mini-series?
Who killed whom, and why?

Commandant Van der Weyden and Carpentier are standing on the pebble beach. Van der Weyden points to the ground aud says something like "Here lives the devil" to Carpentier, then they run to the car.

Later they are on the farm, interviewing people and watching the nutty nephew (or brother?) of farmer Mr. Lebleu.

Finally Van der Weyden mumbles something like "He's the devil!" ... "Hey, I'm just joking!"

Then they're driving away.

End of the series.

P.S.: Nice region, countryside there at the French coast.
Also fine actors, very strange and strong characters. Van der Weyden a mixture of Columbo, Hercule Poirot and Horst Schlämmer.
The scene with the police car on two wheels was so bizarre, just wonderful.

[–] racingdown 10 years ago

According to Dumont during a Q&A session this afternoon, the story is deliberately unresolved. After his next film he would like to return to this project for a sequel, of sorts. Don't expect any closure, though. He inferred that the murders are deliberately surreal and the identity of the killer is not important.

He said that resolving the mystery would be too serious and the emphasis should be on the comedy.

[–] Bavarian 10 years ago

Thanks for the answer!

Indeed a cliffhanger could be good for more episodes...

[–] PoppyTransfusion 10 years ago

My interpretation was that Uncle Dany was responsible. We see him exiting the tunnel after Quinquin shows the county sheriff the route he discovered. Later we see him approaching the Terrier farm after Aurélie returns shocked by Mohamed Bhiri's death. Of course these are the two female victims and both had transgressed: Mrs Lebleu was having an affair and Aurélie contributed to the racism that pushed Mohamed over the edge.

I inferred that Dany was responsible for all given the MO but who knows. This is a Dumont story as well so things are not going to be straightforward.

Brilliant min-series though. I hope he does a sequel. The funeral really cracked me up, the characters were great and the photography and sense of place was great.

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[–] Bavarian 9 years ago

My interpretation was that Uncle Dany was responsible. We see him exiting the tunnel after (...)

That makes sense, merci!

Indeed a sequel would be excellent.

[–] dmartincannon 9 years ago

If I recall correctly, there is a scene where Dany is being returned to his brother's farm after being in a ?mental hospital?. This is AFTER the cow is found in the bunker. So it doesn't seem that he could be responsible for ALL the deaths in this film. I believe there is no solution to these deaths. In a profound sense, Nature is responsible.

[–] Bavarian 8 years ago

Maybe the mystic powers from LOST. 

(sorry for the late answer)

[–] Oskiros-Arg 8 years ago

The killers are the boys, with Quinquin like the killer master.

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[–] dimagic 8 years ago

First, it is not Dany. He came home only after the first murders. And your approach should not be so literal, you should not look for a concrete human killer. The series describes various layers of French society in more metaphoric and allegoric way. I don't want to analyze this too much now, but from what I understood the murderer was the human society and the reality these people are living in. This is why he says "the hell is here", or something like that. The murderer is the world itself.

[–] starcommand 7 years ago

Thank you. That explanation makes perfect sense.

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