Patricia, as a psychologist, wondered aloud if they were all experiencing shared psychosis or a collective side-effect of stress. However, knowing each character’s occupation aided the audience in understanding how and why they reacted to their predicament in certain ways later on. At first, it seems random, an odd tidbit meant to showcase how enthusiastic and social the kids were. Here’s how the movie ended and the true reason behind the strange events.Īt the start of Old, Trent and Idlib asked everyone they met their names and what they did for a living. As it turns out, the resort isn’t at all what it seems to be there’s something incredibly sinister happening behind the scenes that leads Guy, Prisca et al to the beach to begin with and it’s a twist that is certainly surprising and one that brings the plot of Oldfull circle. Some of them die from old age, while others drown or their physical ailments return. Old ends with most of the characters dead. It's all a big mystery that the ending works to resolve. And there is no escape if they attempt to leave through the caves, they get knocked out if they try and swim around the cliffs to the other side, they drown.

They soon discover the beach and its surrounding cliffs cause them to age one year every half hour. However, things take a drastic turn when they, and several other characters - Charles (Rufus Sewell) and his family, Jarin (Ken Leung), Patricia (Nikki Amuka-Bird), and rapper Mid-Size Sedan (aka, Brenden, played by Aaron Pierre) - are invited to spend the day at a secluded beach. The film follows Guy ( Gael García Bernal) and Prisca (Vicky Krieps), who take their kids, Trent and Maddox, on a resort family vacation.

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