ENDINGS, BEGINNINGS: A Melancholic Mess
Around the midpoint of Endings, Beginnings, Daphne (Shailene Woodley) and Jack (Jamie Dornan) decide to cover up the subtitles of the foreign film they’re both watching and make up what the characters are saying. They rattle off nonsensical dialogue in a humorous bit, but the scene echoes the movie itself in a much more serious manner — highlighting the improvisational acting that forms the core of the story.