Terrible ending

Well, the ending is certainly a tragic fit for a film about tragic characters and circumstances. Ms G is clearly dilusional to the point of insanity, and she's had a bad influence on her vunerable and gullible young girls. Then we see poor, sweet Fiamma thrown into the mix, and we have a plot. I'm not sure when this film was meant to take place, but my hunch it was during WW 2. This means most if not all of the girls has been shipped off because of the war and that some of them maybe orphans.

So, its a tragedy for sure, but there is a lot of beauty and truth in this film.

I thought it a fantastic ending. The character this was all about was Di, the other two characters were basically literary devices. This was Di's coming of age story and although her future life will be to some extent one of atonement, at least she was saved from buying into the imaginary nonsense that up until her disillusionment she had not questioned.

Add to this that Diana's atonement is a positive one, she is leaving the controlled environment of the school to experience the risks and pleasures of the real world; reflecting her growth. Taking these risks instead of talking about them in a sheltered world is her tribute to Fiamma; and could even be thought of as the intention to live the life that Fiamma would have. There is now a part of Fiamma in Diana.

I didn't see it that way. I'm sure Di was bound for justice.

It's a realistic ending. Most criminals weren't caught back then. Even now, with much better detection methods, one usually must have VERY strong evidence to prosecute someone and sway a jury 100%, with no dissension. (Though, did they have trial-by-jury in the UK in the 1930's?)


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I,too, think the film is more about Di. Miss G is as much a victim of the institutionalized setting as Fiamma is her victim. The film shows that Di is quite a bully in the boarding school, e.g the way she treats that "toast fag" girl, and there is a huge possibility she could grow up to be just another evil, crazy, vicious product of the institution. However, the whole Fiamma and Miss G thing forever changed her. During the process, she learns friendship (with Fiamma) and learns to face the truth(She clearly SAW Miss G molesting a passed out Fiamma but refused to believe it because she idolise Miss G so much, and decided to blame it on Fiamma instead, but eventually, she confronted Miss G). Unlike Miss G, who would never be able to face her true self and the real world, Di leaves the school behind and goes on a real journey. She gets to do what Fimma wouldve done and what Miss G has been dreaming about her whole life but is too afraid to do. She will now grow to be a more complete,well-adjuated person.

No the ending is perfect.

Miss G. gets a worse punishment then death by been kicked out of the school, which has been safe haven for her and where she could create up a persona to impress the young girls and tell them lies about been this wind swept character. Now that she's been disowned by the girls she lived her life through (when Fiamma told her that she will lose the girls soon when they leave, it really stung Miss G) and she has to live in the real world and go out and get a job and from what we've seen of her outside of the School, she's pretty much doomed.

It's much a perfect ending for the villain of the film.