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can someone explain to me what happened

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I saw it in the the theater so I can't remember exactly, but I think the last shot is supposed to imply that the haunting will follow them because of the doll.

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Yeah, that's how i understood it as well. One of the female characters specifically says that if a Djinn has something personal belonging to someone, he would be able to find them wherever they'd go.

Funny neither the mother nor the daughter noticed and freaked out at that missing head.

People who don't like their beliefs being laughed at shouldn't have such funny beliefs

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Funny neither the mother nor the daughter noticed and freaked out at that missing head.

I'm guessing that DORSA grabbed the doll from any part and they were both too scared/focused on getting out to notice.

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Also, the mother's book is still in the building (in the hands of the djinns) and therefore mother as well as daughter can be traced and will continue to be haunted.

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Yup so they really didn't escape.

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I was thinking the same until I read the discussion about the symbolism of the whole thing. She's being oppressed: lost her right to education because of her protest (losing the book), her husband calls her regularly telling her to leave accusing her of being stubborn (disobedience), she is being forced to move to her mother in laws home where her daughter will presumably be raised without the rights she is fighting for and lose her right to think for herself (doll losing her head), also the burka - she is almost lashed for failing to wear one (both she and her daughter become tangled and covered in a giant burka). Trying to come up with what the mute boy symbolizes (any thoughts?)

So a little less scary for me. Which in truth is a good thing since I ended up watching it by myself.

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The mute boy would probably symbolize the way men remain silent even though they think otherwise (about how women are treated in the society depicted in the movie).

For instance, the protagonist's husband seemed to be supportive of her, still he doesn't fight for her, albeit being a doctor himself (a sign of weakness or disability as if he were mute).

That proves men are not always oppressive on purpose, they're just as opressed as women are since they're scared of the consequences (if they revolted). The husband blindly followed the rules as he feared losing his job (which appeared more important than his own life as he's risking his at war).

That's why the little boy looked so innocent, weak and mute in my opinion. It represents men subjected to society and their oppressive rules.

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Easy.

Daughter's doll head was in the possession of the spirit.

Same with the book of the mother.

In other words, they're running from the spot for no reason.

A bright light can hollow the deepest of nothingness.

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