Loved it but couldnt understand what the heck was going on !!!
So the director threw in xenophobia as a big effen red herring......
Who was the girl in White, what was the father's crime? Why was the shaman at the end collecting photos just like the devil?
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I've literally just finished it and have come here to see if those very questions have been answered.
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Japanese guy = the devil (had a hound of hell)
Shaman = a demon in collaboration with the devil. The Japanese guy didn't burn the photos, gave them to the Shaman.
Father committed a sin when he chased down the Japanese guy from the cliff.
The shaman vomited blood in close proximity to the guardian (woman in white) and the Japanese guy got convulsions/almost died when the woman in white interrupted his ceremony.
By taking photos of dead people they keep their souls.
If so, why was the Shaman hurting and almost killing the Devil with the ritual?
shareThe film doesn't keep a rational narrative.
shareHe wasn't hurting the demon, he was hurting the daughter (notice how she was aching the same place in her body where the shaman was inserting the daggers). The devil was in pain because the angel messed his ritual. This is why after he's revived, we see them staring at each other.
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