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Ruben \u00d6stlund’s Palme d’Or-winning satire has recently been added to Netflix. <\/p>

By Patrick Cremona\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 30 April 2024 at 13:30 PM<\/p>

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Ruben \u00d6stlund\u2019s Triangle of Sadness was one of the most talked about films of 2022, winning the Palme d\u2019Or at the Cannes Film Festival before going on to snag a Best Picture nomination at the Oscars \u2013 where \u00d6stlund was also nominated for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay.<\/p>\n

Now the film is getting something of a second wind thanks to its recent addition to the Netflix<\/a> streaming library, meaning film fans who might have missed it first time around have the chance to catch up and see what all the fuss is about.<\/p>\n

The film stars Harris Dickinson and Charlbi Dean (who tragically died just a few months after the film\u2019s premiere) as a couple of models invited on a luxury cruise, where they meet a series of colourful and often ghastly super-rich passengers, as well as Woody Harrelson as the ship\u2019s alcoholic, Marxist captain.<\/p>\n

At a dinner one night, things rapidly descend into farce when the ship hits stormy waters, with viewers treated to a generous dose of slapstick and toilet humour before things worsen even further when the boat is attacked by pirates.<\/p>\n

This leads us to the final act, which sees the surviving passengers stranded on a desert island, where there is a major reversal of previous roles: the super-rich passengers now rely entirely on the survival skills of a cleaning woman named Abigail (Dolly De Leon), who they had previously treated with contempt.<\/p>\n

As Abigail realises her newfound position of power and uses it to her advantage, things eventually build to a fairly enigmatic conclusion \u2013 read on to have the Triangle of Sadness ending explained.<\/p>\n

Triangle of Sadness ending explained: Does Abigail kill Yaya?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Dolly De Leon as Abigail in Triangle of Sadness.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

With Abigail having established herself as leader thanks to her top-notch survival skills \u2013 and by withholding food from the cruise ship\u2019s other survivors if they don\u2019t follow her command \u2013 she soon turns the situation to her advantage.<\/p>\n

She ensures her living quarters are far better than the others\u2019, giving herself a private bed inside a lifeboat and even coercing Carl (Harris Dickinson) into providing sexual favours \u2013 which also has the effect of making his girlfriend Yaya (Charlbi Dean<\/a>) jealous.<\/p>\n

Yaya decides to hike to the other side of the island to search for help and is accompanied by Abigail, and soon the pair find that far from having been stranded somewhere with limited resources, they are actually just a stone\u2019s throw away from a luxury resort.<\/p>\n

Naturally, Yaya is delighted by this discovery, but the same is not true of Abigail, who fears her newfound position of power may be lost as a result of the new information.<\/p>\n

Instead, she prepares to attack Yaya with a rock \u2013 presumably then intending to hide the discovery from the rest of the survivors and resume her position as leader.<\/p>

However, before we can definitively find out if Abigail goes through with her plan of striking Yaya with the rock, the film cuts to a scene of Carl frantically running, with the closing credits rolling shortly thereafter. So, what exactly does this all mean?<\/p>\n

Well, the fact that we are not shown the murder essentially leaves things up to the individual viewer\u2019s own interpretations<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

There are certainly arguments both for and against: Abigail stands to gain a lot from killing Yaya and keeping the resort\u2019s location secret, and she\u2019s already shown that she\u2019s not above morally dubious behaviour since she assumed power.<\/p>\n

But would she really stoop to cold-blooded murder? She certainly looked as if she was having doubts as she held the rock over Yaya\u2019s head, so maybe her conscience took over at the last minute.<\/p>\n

Essentially, then, the film serves as a Rorschach test for your own views on humanity: a cynic might think Abigail does go through with the murder, while an optimist might take the opposite tack.<\/p>\n