When it comes to the 'black box', I would never ever give any credence to what a doctor would say about a person psychologically, less so about a developing child. Therefore, what he said could not override or dampen what she said.
I'm not sure why you equated "lost her mind completely" to "soy Ana". She exhibited a confident self-identity. AND, she went back to doing what she had been doing before she went missing overnight.
If anything, it was the lack of knowledge, experience or expertise that the Doctor uttered his words about 'normalcy'. By then, Jean Piaget had written copious treatises about child development.
Imaginary friends are normal parts of development. I 'imagine' that her 'friend' will have to do, given the dearth of interactions she engages in at her home, now that her older sister has 'graduated' from her world.
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boonjj
9 years ago
- in reality i can agree with that, but the doctor character was a deliberated insert in the film to convery a specific message/piece of information, and for that reason i am happy to take what he said at "face value" in this context. so the doctor is used as a way to convey ambuigity to whether ana is permanetely damaged or not, in my opinion.
- "soy ana" is the phrased ana uses to attempt to summon the frankenstein ghost; so in the final scene she is facing the night sky attempting to summon a ghost -- that to me indicates she has "lost the plot"! you're "confident" claim reinstates the side of the argument that i am taking, if anything, as it shows that ana is no longer uncertain of the "realness" of her imagination but is now fully convinced of it -- her lines of what is "real" and what is not is now totally blurred (not that i take that specific position)
- it's up to the viewer to decide whether ana's final state in the film is good or bad. i think this issue was the core of the film -- the value of a "real" world, with all of its limits and impositions, versus a "fake" imagination world, of which you are the maker. like i mentioned, i think ana reaches a state of balance between both
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cosmic_surveyor
9 years ago
This is my point: it is natural for a child to have imaginary friends. In our modern world of digital gadgetries that occupy and stimulate our minds, it heartens me to see a child use something internal, her imagination.
Yes, it's fake. But it allows her to practice navigating an ever-changing world that introduces 'new' things daily. Conversations can be had 'raw' without others interrupting or interfering.
"Soy Ana" was her way of saying Arnold Schwarzenegger's The Terminator's "I'm back!", before he did, and "Let's have some fun together."
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