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Can someone explain the plot to me?


please ;)

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Mother dies. Beth imagines otherwise. She builds an imaginary life with fame, partner and kid to escape the brutality she is being subjected to by the 2 psychos. Eventually she hears her sister's cries (shown as a phone call) and returns to reality. Her coming back home is a metaphor to her realizing that everything was her imagination.

I hope it clarifies. Post your specific doubts and I would be happy to help.

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thanks, that's as much as i got.
who are the two home invaders? are they also just an imagination? how exactly did the mother die?

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Those invaders and psycho killers. Remember the scene when they stop at a store at the beginning? Beth sees a news article talking about serial killer. These are our 2 villains.

The mother dies at the hand of the long-haired man. It was shown clearly. How did you miss that? 🤨

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i thought maybe the home invaders were just part of the girl's imagination and the mother actually died of something else (cancer, an accident etc.) and the villains are just metaphorical or whatsoever. but apparently i didn't miss a deeper meaning, as there is none. which makes the movie and its events pretty random.

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It was plain and simple IMO. I loved it for what it was.

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i dunno. it was pascal laugier's weakest movie so far, imho.

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Why would you think that? lol Nothing in the film suggests anything is metaphorical...
Not every film has a deep meaning. It was pretty random, I agree....
But it was well done and disturbing.
Maybe watch it again some time, knowing what you're getting in to.

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He probably thought it because of the girl's imagination being so strong. I didn't think that but I could see how some people might.

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