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The fate of Bjorn Cafmeyer

posted 9 years ago by ajwad-raw
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As the movie ends, we see Bjorn still locked up in the house, with none to rescue him. Does that mean he would eventually die of starvation, just like Nick was told? Or will he be rescued??

[–] spaceman88 9 years ago

It's meant to stay ambiguous. It reminded me of the ending of "Prisoners". Both movies have a very similar vibe, actually.

[–] ajwad-raw 9 years ago

Yes. Now that you mention it, I am also finding similarities. :)

[–] ze_goose 8 years ago

From what I can recall, there was nothing ambiguous about the ending of Prisoners, just that they skipped showing the obvious conclusion.

[–] strikedown 8 years ago

Unless Nancy finds it in her black heart to tell Nick, or anyone, about Bjorn, I took it as he would die of starvation/dehydration. She's the only one who knew where he was. Nick turned the tapes over to Danni, where Nancy said if they stayed away from the police/press...she might get out and then she would tell Nick. Now that the tapes are turned over...that might be the nail in the coffin for Bjorn. (Pun intended). When I saw the credits roll after Bjorn calls for Nancy from that POS caravan/trailer...I said, Nooooooooo! All these years, he was alive. And Nick will probably never know otherwise. If he did end up dying, and is found, who knows how long that might be, no one knows who he is. I guess they would eventually find out, through DNA. But still. F-Nancy. I can't believe she would actually let him die. After all those years of taking care of him.

[–] Apis (1624) 7 years ago

Nancy is clearly a sociopath. She managed to live 25 years with a knowledge that people are searching for Bjorn, but never felt the need to tell anyone about him. I think she will stick to the conditions of her ultimatum to Nick (which he broke) and will never reveal where is Bjorn (until someone finds his remains by accident). She will probably think of it as revenge of sorts.

[–] garytw 8 years ago

For my own peace of mind I've allowed myself to believe that the detective can't let go of the snippet of info Nancy has left in the air; The detective becomes even more obsessed, looking on Google Earth he finds a well worn path from Nancy's house to the caravan, he then pays a visit to the estate...

There, I can sleep now..

[–] adams5905 (14) 7 years ago

I think that's a rather naive assumption, if I may say so, but there would be a police procedure for this. In Belgium, an accused is assumed to be guilty unless they can prove their innocence. Nancy would appear in front of a police magistrate charged with the historic offences for which she had been arrested, and, this magistrate, working in collusion with Danni and Nick, could arrange for her to be released under caution, if the two police officers were able to persuade the magistrate that they had sufficient evidence to bring her back in to face more serious charges, and explained Nancy's threat of withholding further pertinent information until her release. Once released, Nancy would head back to the farm, where she could untie and take care of Bjorn. She would then contact Nick, intent on relieving him of his €3000, and he could lie about having destroyed the bag of videos. Nancy would then tell Nick about his brother, who would be taken into protective custody, and she would then be charged not only with the paedophile offences associated with the bag of videos (rather more serious than the original historic charges she was arrested for, as those films only showed her in the 'title pages' of the video, whereas the b/w videos show her conniving to abuse and imprison a number of young boys), but she would also then face multiple charges of kidnapping and false imprisonment, and maybe even manslaughter. These charges, together with the evidence of the bag of videos, should be enough to put her away for life...