The film’s final scene is a masterpiece of unresolved tension. Mildred and Dixon—two people who have hurt each other and others—set off on a road trip to possibly kill a man who might be the rapist. They admit they aren’t sure. “We can decide along the way,” Dixon says. And Mildred, for the first time, smiles—not with joy, but with the weary recognition that some journeys have no destination.
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