I must ask you, what did you think about the final scene? To me it was perhaps the most poignant and intruguing scene in the entire film. While at the same time really ambiguous.
WARNING: "The Hunt (2012) Ending" spoilers below
It's definitely left open to interpretation. After how things escalated in the supermarket earlier in the film, it's completely plausible to believe that someone would try to shoot him. I actually thought from the very start of the film that this would end with Lucas shot dead while hunting, so I was glad to see the ending didn't quite go that far.
It's also possible that Lucas heard a gunshot and assumed it was someone trying to kill him, because it's obvious in the preceding scenes that while things are sort of back to normal in the community (at least on the surface), he clearly doesn't feel at home the way he did before. He's quieter, more reserved, and is watching the others closely. The figure did look like a younger man to me as well, but like you said I don't think it's meant to be Torsten or any villager in particular.
I think that whether the attempted murder was real or imagined is sort of irrelevant, because what matters is how Lucas feels, and the reality is that that mistrust will follow him everywhere now.
It's also possible that Lucas heard a gunshot and assumed it was someone trying to kill him, because it's obvious in the preceding scenes that while things are sort of back to normal in the community (at least on the surface), he clearly doesn't feel at home the way he did before. He's quieter, more reserved, and is watching the others closely. The figure did look like a younger man to me as well, but like you said I don't think it's meant to be Torsten or any villager in particular.
I think that whether the attempted murder was real or imagined is sort of irrelevant, because what matters is how Lucas feels, and the reality is that that mistrust will follow him everywhere now.
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