Warning: Major spoilers ahead for his three daughters.Netflix’s gripping family drama His three daughters Has a surprising and fantastic ending. His three daughters was released on Netflix on September 20, 2024 after a two-week theatrical run in select theaters. The film originally premiered over a year ago at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 9, 2023. His three daughters Debuting with a near-perfect 99% on Rotten Tomatoes, it became one of only a handful of movies to join the prestigious Rotten Tomatoes 99% ClubThat generated some early Oscars buzz. It is One of seven feature films directed by Azazel Jacobs (French exit, The lovers)who also wrote the original screenplay.
His three daughters Takes place in a New York City apartment where a man named Vincent is suffering from cancer. His three grown children, all daughters, are somewhat estranged, but are forced to resist each other and live together in the apartment, and they have also grasped the impending death of their father. Often described as tense, emotional and bittersweet, His three daughters Showcases the exceptional talents of its three lead actresses, Carrie Coon, Elizabeth Olsen and Natasha Lyonne. While Coon, Olsen and Lyonne are all previous Emmy nominees, none of whom have been nominated for an Academy Award.That may change with the release of His three daughters.
Vincent’s parting messages to his three daughters explained
Vincent springs life into his daughters moments before his death
In a stunning twist at the end of His three daughtersVincent gets up from the chair at home, after his daughters lift him out of bed and take a selfie with him. He jumps to life, grabs a beer, and revises Katie’s revengeSpecifies that he did not raise Rachel as his own because she is indeed his own. He heard all about Rachel’s biological father from her mother and knew that he was a jerk, just like his father was. He reveals to Katie that Rachel cared so much about her and was so sad when she left for college. Katie never knew. Vincent has been waiting so long for them to reconcile their differences, but he says it has yet to happen.
Vincent touches on things he will miss about life, especially New York, and recalls a missed connection with a woman named Bliss. She was an Irish woman from Queens and taught Vincent how strong love can be. He reflects on some of his guilt and regrets and what he wants for his daughters. He singles out Christina, apologizing for not being there for her to help her deal with her mom’s death. Interestingly, he does not have the same sentiment towards Katie or does not express it. His monologue ends with Vincent’s “spirit” locking eyes with his “body”. His spirit seems raw, a little scared. His body looks angry and full of contempt, like he was wrong. The end of His three daughters Might not be that deep, but Vincent looks pretty angry in his chair as he dies.
Did Vincent really deliver his end-of-life monologue?
Vincent’s monologue was a thematic display of movie magic
Unfortunately, Vincent’s final monologue doesn’t actually happen and is used as a way to convey Vincent’s character in a powerful albeit impossible way. The fact that Vincent is able to stand up and walk around his apartment again ties in with the theme Christina brought up earlier about the power of movies. Vincent had told her years ago that movies add fantastical elements to death and never really capture what it’s like in reality. Vincent’s monologue is a meta and imaginative display that makes a point about the power of movies While giving Vincent his own voice and presence, making the reality of his death less grim through movie magic. However, when Vincent passes, it is still realistic and devastating.
Why Vincent’s daughters brought him to his living room chair
This is the only time all three of them do anything together in the film
Vincent’s daughters brought their dad to his favorite living room chair, which was The only thing they did together as sisters in the entire movie. They thought he wanted to get up, and it looked like he did, so they made fun of him and believed that they Make him happy too. The fantasy elements of His three daughters Endless start after the beep noise sounds and when Vincent gets up from his chair, tossing his oxygen machine and monitors. This is likely the point when Vincent actually passed and symbolically represented his true spirit leaving his body before saying goodbye to the world and his three daughters.
Later, they all sit one by one in Vincent’s chair, as a way for them to say goodbye. While Katie and Rachel see the significance in this act, Rachel still looks completely freaked out, probably because she did the least to prepare for his passing. Rachel, Katie and Christina bring Vincent to his chair is a difficult situation Since it seems like Vincent is happy to be back in his comfort zone and maybe wants to die there instead of in the bedroom, but that’s the last thing he ever does. The daughters don’t really feel guilty for helping him to the chair, which begs the question of who is to say that they shouldn’t move him in the first place or that Vincent would have lived longer if they had left him in bed.
Christina’s message about death, imagination and lack explained
Vincent told Christina long ago that deaths are always dramatized in movies
Christina recalls a time when she and her father were watching a movie that had death in it and he made a point to her that real death is never like it was in the movies. he told her “The only way to communicate how death really feels is through absence. Everything else is fantasy.” Rachel helps Katie understand what her father meant by being away – not like how people change and grow apart, but not having him at all after he’s gone. An absence with an absolute and permanent meaning. This is one of the film’s most profound statements since even though Vincent is not himself in his final days, he is still alive. The constant absence begins to settle once Vincent is irretrievably gone, which creates space for Rachel, Katie and Christina to bridge their interpersonal gaps.
The real meaning of his three daughters end
Vincent’s absence brings his three daughters closer together
Despite Katie, Rachel and Christina’s emotional and heartfelt reactions while listening to their father’s monologue, none of it actually happened in the reality of the film, meaning that they were not brought together in their father’s final moments. Instead, they were brought together because of their father’s absenceJust as he hoped they would. Katie finally lets go to try to control the situation and Christina feels comfortable enough to sing to her sisters as a motherly way to calm them down. Rachel is in complete shock, hinting that she could not be emotionally prepared for Vincent’s death by non-stop weed smoking and never getting the DNR signed, indicating her avoidance of the gravity of the situation.
Christina leaves with her Grateful Dead shirt on, shameless, as her sisters are sad to see her go. Rachel and Katie are on better terms, more loving and accessible to each other. Rachel goes back to her life of weed and sports betting, smoking again in the apartment. But it doesn’t feel right anymore. She hears Cathy’s voice in her head telling her to take it out. She is also alone, because Vincent will come out to say hello and express his condolences. Finally, as Christina’s “Five Little Ducks” plays out in the final moments of His three daughtersRachel makes a sisterly joke of Christina’s song, saying, “The father duck says beep, beep, beep.” They laugh, indicating that their lives are now more intersected and they will make more effort to connect from then on.