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Roman S Shapoval's avatar

As Persephone is consumed by Pluto in the underworld each winter solstice, so is this movie released.

She is forced to walk in the material world of "death" and "hell on earth" until she goes into her dreams for the other half of the day (the Gods compromised with Pluto to have her released from the underworld half of the time), where she is able to nourish her soul and become reborn in the spring of sleep.

That's my esoteric interpretation of the movie (:

Thanks for embracing the dark, so we may yet find the light Magdalene.

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Mqwerty's avatar

Nailed it. I’ve been reading reviews all day after a great showing and I’m really impressed with your analysis. It really reflects all the cues and choices I felt I got from Eggers throughout the film, as well as fitting hand in glove with my own knowledge of the world.

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