Great slow burning film. Builds great intensity with every minute passing by. The ending leaves you wondering like no other movie. Did you miss anything? Is there an explanation? You don't really know. There is no moral decisions to interpret in the end and it really teases you with unanswered questions.
Here is my take on the ending that lets me at least cope until someone analyzes the original books or finds clues from the Norwegian dialogue spoken:
SPOILER: Although you could come up with crazy scenarios like cloning, mutations and whatnot, I don't really think that's the case. Like most theories, I think the woman just has Munchausen syndrome by proxy ("mental health problem in which a caregiver makes up or causes an illness or injury in a person under his or her care") and she goes to expected limits relevant to this mental illness. The midwife might know about Sigrid's condition but ultimately it does not matter because no scene implicates the midwife's importance. We could maybe go deeper if the Norwegian was translated.
I think Henrik that we don't get to see at the end is in fact sick from the lack of sunlight, vitamins and breastmilk, but ultimately a normal unmutated child. It's just the discovery of the child that leaves Julieta with the shocked look. There is no evidence of twins and the lab equipment to be related to any twisted experiments. Sigrid is not planning anything and she just firmly believes in Henrik being sick. Lorenzo did not seem overly surprised about the appearance Henrik their final scene either. The origin of fake Henrik is not important to the story as well - maybe Sigrid bought him from the dark web. It does not matter.
We already know Lorenzo is right and the ending does not bring any revalation to that. Julieta is shocked just to find the child, and everything Sigrid does is just the reflection of her mental illness and protectiveness of her child.
Not the best ending for a great build-up and it leaves you with only stoner theories about what Sigrid could actually be doing with Henrik in that basement. Just a straight-forward story that if longer, could've left you with just an unsuspensful "oh, Henrik is fine and Sigrid is feeding him dairy-free yoghurt".
Here is my take on the ending that lets me at least cope until someone analyzes the original books or finds clues from the Norwegian dialogue spoken:
SPOILER: Although you could come up with crazy scenarios like cloning, mutations and whatnot, I don't really think that's the case. Like most theories, I think the woman just has Munchausen syndrome by proxy ("mental health problem in which a caregiver makes up or causes an illness or injury in a person under his or her care") and she goes to expected limits relevant to this mental illness. The midwife might know about Sigrid's condition but ultimately it does not matter because no scene implicates the midwife's importance. We could maybe go deeper if the Norwegian was translated.
I think Henrik that we don't get to see at the end is in fact sick from the lack of sunlight, vitamins and breastmilk, but ultimately a normal unmutated child. It's just the discovery of the child that leaves Julieta with the shocked look. There is no evidence of twins and the lab equipment to be related to any twisted experiments. Sigrid is not planning anything and she just firmly believes in Henrik being sick. Lorenzo did not seem overly surprised about the appearance Henrik their final scene either. The origin of fake Henrik is not important to the story as well - maybe Sigrid bought him from the dark web. It does not matter.
We already know Lorenzo is right and the ending does not bring any revalation to that. Julieta is shocked just to find the child, and everything Sigrid does is just the reflection of her mental illness and protectiveness of her child.
Not the best ending for a great build-up and it leaves you with only stoner theories about what Sigrid could actually be doing with Henrik in that basement. Just a straight-forward story that if longer, could've left you with just an unsuspensful "oh, Henrik is fine and Sigrid is feeding him dairy-free yoghurt".