It Ends With Us
This article contains discussion of domestic violence and suicide.
Blake Lively leads theIt Ends with Uscastas Lily Bloom, with her younger self played by Isabela Ferrer.
Lily later sees Atlas rooting through a garbage can for food and decides to help him.
She knocks on the makeshift door and hides, again not wanting him to know it was her.
Lily was 15 inIt Ends with Uswhen she met Atlas, who was 18.
Seeing her and her kindness made him change his mind.
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While he takes a shower, she doesnt know what to do with herself.
Lily invites him to stay and watch a movie with him.
This could be because of her abusive father.
Based on Colleen Hoover’s 2016 novel, It Ends With Us is a drama-romance film directed by Justin Baldoni. The film follows a recent college graduate named Lily, who meets a man named Ryle and falls in love with him. However, a traumatic incident compounded with her former high-school sweetheart re-entering her life complicates her plans.
In turn, Atlas is just as shy, unsure of how to interact with Lily at first.
When she doesnt, they dont die.
Gardening gives her a sense of purpose and reminds her of the importance of nurturing something.
Atlas didnt stand up for himself, shrinking at their words and trying to keep to himself.
She tells him he cant bake, but Atlas says hes always loved cooking and baking.
The gift represented Atlas love for Lily, something neither of them truly move on from.
Unfortunately, Lilys dad comes home and catches Atlas in Lilys bed.
He reacts quickly and violently, beating Atlas up to a point that Lily later describes as nearly fatal.
Sadly, the timing was off, as she was already with Ryle when they reunited.
This makes him extra protective of her, and in turn, it makes Lily protective of him.
As traumatic as their upbringings were, they brought Atlas and Lily closer together inIt Ends with Us.
However, a traumatic incident compounded with her former high-school sweetheart re-entering her life complicates her plans.
