The main one involves two elders being taken to a clifftop after a hearty meal, reading some runes, having their hands slit and spreading blood on a rune marked slab of stone, then throwing themselves off the cliff to a gruesome death. What are all the ceremonies?īefore we jump ahead to the whodunnit act, where we try and figure out what happened to Connie and Simon, it’s worth taking a look at the weird ceremonies.Īpart from a lot of chanting, heavy breathing and dancing, the Harga have set ceremonies that are observed across the nine-day festival. If you remember the tapestry we panned across when the group first arrived at the village you’ll start to realise that this it was foreshadowing all the events that we now see playing out. Instead, he eats a pubic hair filled pie and drinks from a cup that is a shade or two darker (or is that pinker?) then everyone else's. Christian asks what she means, but doesn’t really address her point. It’s the very definition of an awkward moment. She bitterly says she believes Christian would do the same thing to her. The next time we see them at the table, Dani tells them that Simon left Connie behind. Pelle’s comforting words soon shift to him asking her the big questions - mainly asking whether Christian feels like “home” to her - which leaves Dani shaken up. In comparison, Pelle, who is low key obsessed with her, remembers her birthday and tries to share his own backstory (can we also acknowledge how he says his parents died in a fire.most likely at the end of their cycle, perhaps involving jumping off a cliff). When her emotions overwhelm her she runs off, for example, when she takes the mushrooms in the field and later when they see the older man and woman plunge to their deaths.ĭani is starting to become aware that she only ever makes excuses for Christian he forgot her birthday, dismisses her reactions and feelings and ignores her. At the start Dani tries to hide her emotions, she cries in bathrooms, behind toilet doors on the flight to Sweden, then again another toilet in Harga - actually she’s pretty obsessed by toilets thinking about it. The way we see Dani express her grief gradually changes in the lead up to the end shot. Your next section is the two weeks before the group head to Sweden.įrom the moment the group walk through the wooden sunburst arch into Harga village you’ve stepped into the otherworldly realm along with the characters.
Her family’s death throws her into a tailspin of grief and confusion. We’re shown a series of still scenery shots, snowy landscapes in an unknown location. The easiest way to unpick Midsommar is to see it as a series of parts, the first is basically anything that happens before the title card.
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