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Good film but ultimately disappointing. **SPOILERS**


Excellent film, great direction, cinematography, imagery and the acting was top class. But was anyone else disappointed by the ending? I understood why she wanted to destroy her old life and create a new one. It made sense to me. I understood why she left everyone and everything behind. Her old life was over from the moment of that accident. I had no problem understanding her motives, until the end. I was surprised and disappointed when she finished the composition, and then entered into a conventional relationship with another composer. It seemed like a replica of her previous life, why would she want that? I just don't understand why she would want to go there again, considering what happened. That doesn't make any sense to me.

It was like she was almost free, but she got dragged back in again.

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I watched some of the DVD's special features, and based on some film critic, Kieslowski is basically trying to say that true freedom doesn't really exist, or if it does, it's not what we (or the characters) expect.

Having said that, my personal interpretation is that a) the ending is open ended. We don't really know what will really happen to her and whether or not she will continue on with the relationship. And/or b) she realizes that without love, life is pointless (like the song, lol), and out of desperation she found such love from Olivier.

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Well...

We do know what will happen to her, but you need to wait until Red to see it. :)

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I just don't understand why she would want to go there again, considering what happened. That doesn't make any sense to me.

The climatic scene shows that love is the greatest posession to have in life. Julie in the end realised this after the experiences she went through during his social isolation.

"I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not".

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Loneliness is harsh. She decided to make a new start even if it reminded her old life much...

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