This film is well acted and beautifully filmed. It begins with a compelling mystery in an apocalyptic setting, and a answer to this mystery that many others who reviewed it seem to have missed... yes there are many possible metaphors as others mentioned but they missed this part.
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The answer is: it is cyclical. They will endlessly journey back and forth between the cabin and the hotel, in between the dust comes, and they lose memories. The man in the pool is an android (can't be human) who works in the hotel. This level of technology is supported by the amazing instant cast that is put on the woman's injury.
The two people are stumbling through the wilderness trying to survive and have lost their memories. They are sick and coughing, struggling for resources and find a mysterious hotel filled with what they need, including amazing medical supplies.
It is suggested by them that there is a white dust that made them forget, we also see that just before they find the hotel- but they were telling each other a legend (memories) of being in this place previously. When they leave they are returning to a cabin where they have been before. The cycle repeats.
It appears all the other people have been evacuated very hurriedly, but these two were left behind to repeat this cycle endlessly. It is probable the man remembers more than the woman and know what happened or had something to do with it because of his furtive behavior. Perhaps he kidnapped her to keep her with him, because he seems obsessed with her and highly jealous.
Spoilers********
The answer is: it is cyclical. They will endlessly journey back and forth between the cabin and the hotel, in between the dust comes, and they lose memories. The man in the pool is an android (can't be human) who works in the hotel. This level of technology is supported by the amazing instant cast that is put on the woman's injury.
The two people are stumbling through the wilderness trying to survive and have lost their memories. They are sick and coughing, struggling for resources and find a mysterious hotel filled with what they need, including amazing medical supplies.
It is suggested by them that there is a white dust that made them forget, we also see that just before they find the hotel- but they were telling each other a legend (memories) of being in this place previously. When they leave they are returning to a cabin where they have been before. The cycle repeats.
It appears all the other people have been evacuated very hurriedly, but these two were left behind to repeat this cycle endlessly. It is probable the man remembers more than the woman and know what happened or had something to do with it because of his furtive behavior. Perhaps he kidnapped her to keep her with him, because he seems obsessed with her and highly jealous.