Great film, but the ending??

Rating: 8/10 (20 January 2020)

No doubt that this is a great film. Great storytelling, wonderful characters and scenes. The build up is slow, but very effective. A lot has been written about this film in all the other reviews so I won't repeat, but one thing that was sticking out for me was the ending. Do we really believe that the father went back into the cellar? Taking the risk he would't be able to get food at all and die? And then, when they moved house, no one lived there, the cupboards and fridge empty for months... How did he survive? And do we believe that he used morse code to contact his son? How does he know that his son would watch? Wouldn't he search a different way to contact him? Call him at night?? And how can the son ever contact his father in the end, saying he should come out and they will meet again? The morse code works one way... So this ending is the only real flaw to this film. It feels constructed and overly romantic. It even spoiled the emotion, whereas I'm pretty certain they thought it was tragical and moving. So, only 8 out of 10 because of the ending. The rest of the film is pretty flawless...