Did Helen know the truth at the end of Enemy?
I got the impression that Helen knew that it was really Adam at the end and not Anthony based on her asking him how school was and later telling him she wanted him to stay when he was apologizing. Also she must've noticed he didn't have a ring, just as Mary was tipped off to Anthony. Is there any confirmation of this anywhere either in the movie or other commentary?
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In the scene where she meets "Adam" at school. She's shocked. "Adam" asks her about her pregnancy.
She talks to Adam and is heartbroken. Observe here that Helen is not surprised, she’s upset. She’s seeing Anthony who appears to be acting and talking like an Adam. She beings to understand that this version of him seems to be an alternate personality kept away from home. He’s compassionate and converses sweetly with Helen. He cares for her pregnancy and asks how far along she is.
Towards the end of the film, Helen is in bed.
Adam is being nice to Helen. She probably feels the way she once felt when she first met Anthony, before his cheating started. She suspects that the person who’s in her bedroom is actually the history teacher because of his mannerisms and he brings up that she is 6 months of pregnancy. She asks him to come to bed. He does. She looks at him longingly. Then she asks “Did you have a good day at school?”. This confirms that Helen knows which personality she’s with.
Helen wants "Adam" to stay. He's crying and he apologizes Helen holds his hands. They show a ring on her finger and not on his. But Helen already understands that her husband has two personalities... she wants to be with the guy who she thinks will love her not just the one she's married to. The ring means nothing to her, it's the relationship that she's interested in.
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What happens at the end of Enemy?
Mary then discovers that Anthony is not Adam, and the two get in an enormous fight. They end their romantic getaway, but on the way home, they get in a car crash and die. Adam then returns to Anthony's apartment, only to discover that Helen has transformed into a giant spider. So, yeah.What does the spider at the end of Enemy mean?
Spiders represent women and how he feels trapped by them in their web. Even though he 'defeats' his cheater self by the end of the movie, the last scene is to remind us that he's still basically the same person and he still sees his wife as a creature that has trapped him in her web.Is Anthony and Adam the same person Enemy?
Adam and Anthony (both played by Jake) is physically the same person. Parts of the film actually happen but the remaining happen inside Adam/Anthony's subconsciousness.Why is Enemy so yellow?
The omnipresent jaundice haze that cloaks Enemy evokes contagion, contamination, and fungal rot. It is the color of bile on a sickbed sheet. It implies a threat, but one that is concealed, like a cancer that reveals itself only through a nagging cough and gnawing fear.ENEMY EXPLAINED [SUB ITA]
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