Pearl — 2022 Vose.mp4

Realizing she cannot escape her life, Pearl decides to "make the best of what she has" by cleaning the house and propping up her dead parents' bodies at the dinner table.

: The movie famously concludes with a long, agonizingly protracted shot of Pearl forcing a pained, wide-eyed smile for the camera as the credits roll. Pearl 2022 vose.mp4

When Pearl learns of an upcoming local audition for a traveling dance troupe, she sees it as her final ticket to escape the farm. Realizing she cannot escape her life, Pearl decides

: Behind her polite exterior, Pearl displays disturbing tendencies, such as physically abusing her father in secret and killing farm animals to feed to an alligator she calls Theda. The Audition and Descent : Behind her polite exterior, Pearl displays disturbing

: The film ends with Howard returning home from the war, only to find the decomposing bodies of Pearl's parents and Pearl herself waiting for him.