The whole movie is Sarah in her own mind trying to battle through her memories
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darbz26 — 10 months ago(May 14, 2025 04:05 AM)
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My personal theory on this film is that everyone is not real and the entire world is just Sarah trying to get through her own memories. Inside the house are the dark memories and outside are the good ones as she made up Sophia to get away from the dark times, Sophia was meant to her way of escaping and her happiness.
This movie is filled with symbolism in this film that at every part you can compare it to something. Like for instance when Sarah ran outside later on but didn't know where to go and just kept running it was because she was trying to escape the bad times (inside the house) but didn't know how to get away, she eventually almost gets hit by her Uncle, meaning…he would be there when her Father would hurt her. But then she would always find her way back into the house with her Uncle because he was also abusing her.
Her Father dying wasn't him actually dead, it was Sarah just wanting him dead to her, but she would cry because he was her Father, so she still loved him.
Also, toward the end notice how Sophia points at her head and says, "you have holes up hear Sarah"…notice how the whole house are filled with holes…Sophia in the red stands for when Sara starts fighting back
Or, at the end, when she actually does kill her father, she goes outside and realizes it didn't make her feel any better and she is still cold and alone.
As I said, this is my personal theory, but when you watch it having that in mind, you can find symbolism in almost every action and encounter.