Ending

What I got from it is that he put the pills into the water and only pretended to drink or didn't drink enough and never took the pills himself. He was faking to trick her. So she took a glass of water (which was probably her habit) which was enough to kill her. In the morning he got up and took the dog for a walk. I guess he planned to come home and 'discover' his wife killed herself with the pills.

This is why she didn't wake up when he left and made all the noise.

If that is what happened then it makes the film very noirish

The only thing that is against that possibility is that she calls the ambulance. I don't know if that was an error on the director's part or we are to assume he dealt with the ambulance crew off screen to leave an ambiguous ending for us but that is what I came up with.

I guess he could also say to the ambulance crew that she has been acting strange of late (with plenty of witnesses to testify) and had been having an affair. I'm also thinking she called the police earlier and made a false report, so he already has her on record doing crazy things with the authorities.

*SPOILERS*


It almost seemed to me like the movie was "resetting" at the end: he leaves the apartment with the dog (and I think that he leaves behind his phone and wallet) while she sleeps. This would be what happened just before the movie begins.

I had a hard time interpreting the ending. I kind of felt like the idea was that despite everything that happened in that insane evening, they were just sort of going back to their routine. He doesn't die. She doesn't leave him. They were two messed up, damaged people caught in a loop of a pretty unhealthy relationship. I don't know.

I felt like the movie had some really strong parts in the beginning (such as the odd/hostile behavior from the two cops) and the middle (the hallucination with the mother and the encounter with the drug dealer), but then got weaker in the final act. I did not really care for the final "reveal" about what had actually happened.

I do give the movie props for making the most of a single setting and generating some tension and claustrophobia. The movie was at its best when it was being mysterious and letting everyone be a little suspect (like when the friend says she hasn't told her boyfriend about her past relationship with Rami, then in the very next scene the boyfriend is like "Oh, yeah, she told me.").

I think he really did take the pills, most likely triggered by her infidelity, he looked very pale, and her staying to help save him brought them close enough to carry on together as before. This part is shown by him walking the dog again exactly as before, a continuation of routine. And her sleeping there, not having left, also shows that they will continue, even though they have problems in their union. The new morning, fresh morning light in the apartment, shows hope and new beginnings. I liked how this movie seemed like a play, with just the apartment for a setting and lots of dialogue.

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

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