The film was released on June 24, 2019, receiving extremely good ratings and reviews from viewers. The plot as a whole is not new: a youth company sets out to scout an ancient place, shrouded in various legends, without even knowing about the danger that awaits them, in the end meeting a terrible and terrible fate from the dark forces. However, "Midsommar" is unique among other "horror films" at least in that it deeply affects the history of northern religious cults and remote villages where Old Believer rituals are still held. The main characters are young anthropologists who came to a Swedish settlement cut off from the whole world precisely for their work, so special attention was paid to all the details of ancient rituals, their description, costumes and linguistic features, which makes the film especially interesting from this angle.
The plot and meaning of the film Midsommar
The meaning of the film "Midsommar" is the desire of a person to belong to something great. The fact that a person is ready for anything in order to receive the recognition and approval of society.
Religious themes and terrible events are only the first layer of the story. In the film, especially at first, the main emphasis is on the emotional state of the main characters. The main character, recently orphaned, is acutely worried about the loss of her entire family. Her relationship with the young man does not go well, but he stays with her out of a sense of duty. After a small conflict between them, he invites her to resolve the differences in the relationship with a small exploratory trip to a secluded Swedish village for the solstice holiday with a couple of his friends.
The girl agrees, and a group of young students come to Horge, an ancient Swedish community. Having met two more anthropologists along the way, the company joins the ritual, having previously taken drugs from the cult teacher. The ritual itself is shocking: it turned out to be a terribly sophisticated gerontocide. Community elders commit suicide by jumping off a cliff. After their fall, the cult mimics the cries of agony of the dying, until a few men finally finish them off.
This is so shocking to Simon and Connie, a married couple who have just joined the group, who decide to leave immediately. The group loses contact with them, being sure that they left for the station, but in reality they were killed by the cultists.
The rest are too keen on the culture of Horg to leave. However, two more terrible events take place: two friends of the main character's boyfriend are killed by the community in turn; one for urinating on a sacred tree, and another for trying to photograph the sacred text of the cult.
The next day, the main character is again forced to take drugs and participate in a dance competition on the field. The girl wins this competition and is crowned as Kroleva Maya.
Her boyfriend also takes drugs and participates in another ritual that involves having sex with one of the cultists. Upon learning of this not entirely free betrayal, the main character experiences a nervous breakdown, and surprisingly many women in the community support her, imitating her cry.
At the end of the film, tension rises to the point when the surviving young people discover the bodies of their dead comrades. The cultists finally explain the meaning of the solstice festival: a ritual sacrifice that requires nine people. The first four victims are anthropologists lured to the holiday, who were bloodyly dealt with by the cultists. Four more are volunteers from the community, two of whom are elders who died at the beginning, and two more young people, whose deaths were not shown to the viewer. The last victim should be chosen by the May Queen, who recently became the main character. Still experiencing severe emotional trauma, wanting to avenge her broken heart, the girl chooses her boyfriend as the last victim of the holiday. The ritual murder is terrifying - the guy is sewn into the skin of a gutted bear and placed in a temple, which is subsequently burned to the ground. When everything finally ends, the cult celebrates the completion of its ritual, and the main character, having survived this madness, begins to smile.
The meaning of the ending of the film Midsommar
It seems that after all that she had experienced, the main character became part of the community, yet with difficulty and tears accepting the death of her friends and the savagery of ritual murders. However, some viewers are surprised that she chose her boyfriend as the last victim, although she understood that he cheated on her under the influence of drugs, and not of his own free will. The girl chose her boyfriend for one simple reason: she has long lost her mind. According to her logic, it is he who is the cause of her pain, when, as Horga, they finally gave her the opportunity to regain the sense of belonging, which was lost after the death of her entire family. The horror of ritual sacrifices is a catharsis for the heroine, a way to cleanse herself of all her previous life and suffering, and finally to feel needed.
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