Premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival,We Live in Times reviewswere mostly positive.
Before the competition ends, and feeling some pain, Almut decides to leave.
She finds Tobias and their daughter Ella in the crowd and walks out with them.
The family goes ice skating instead of staying until the end of the competition.
Almut, a former figure skater, skates with her family, eventually gliding away from them.
She smiles and waves to them from the other side of the rink.
Almut is nowhere to be found inWe Live in Timesfinal scene.
Did Almut Die In We Live In Time?
The Final Scene Hints At Her Fate
Its heavily implied that Almut dies inWe Live in Time.
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How Did Almut Do In The Cooking Competition?
Whether she won or not was irrelevant.
[T]hat may have affected her chances, but Almut had completed the hardest part.
The prize didnt mean as much after that.
Its nice to imagine Almut won the cooking competition.
The prize didnt mean as much after that.
She had accepted his proposal and was excited for the next stage in their relationship.
Crucially, Almut wanted to be more for Ella.
She wanted her daughter to remember her being a great chef and not just as her sick mother.
Almut didnt want to let her illness overshadow or take over her life.
Marriage or not, though, Almut was committed to Tobias and their family.
The dog is another clue that Almut died.
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It also underscores how full a life they lived together despite Almuts cancer.
It also underscores how full a life they lived together despite Almuts cancer.
But the filmdoesnt forget the rest of the pieces that make up Almut and Tobias lives.
Almut and Tobias cant do anything about time itself, but they can live a full life.
The scene telegraphs Tobias commitment to showing Ella that her mom had a life outside of their world.
