The younger person stuck in an incident fares better than the older person, so younger people in real life have more happiness and fortune than older people who experience more sadness and misfortune. They are brought on by tragedy, and their inhabitants' emotions are fed back into their real-world personas. These alternate dimensions split off from reality and form a time loop. At the same time, the elderly Marco explains that he is really Daniel, the 10-year old boy from the incident of the infinite road, thus explaining the cycle of incidents and new dimensions. Roberto explains that when he was a 10-year old boy, he was in another incident stuck on a raft (made of green bamboo) for thirty-five years. The elderly Roberto and Marco reveal to the younger Daniel and Oliver, respectively, that none of this is real, but rather an alternate dimension to their real lives. He says he now understands why they are stuck. Oliver keeps fit through regular exercise in the stairwell and leads the elderly Marco in rituals worshiping Carlos' skeleton.Īfter Sandra dies, Roberto and Daniel hold a funeral where Roberto is struck by a moment of lucidity as he, too, nears death. Sandra and Roberto, now elderly, have animalistic sex while Daniel lives independently without much interaction with them. Over the decades, these items gather into towering piles as the two groups attempt to live their repetitive lives. Each day, everyone finds a fresh copy of all their possessions. Thirty-five years later, both groups are still stuck in their respective locations. They all converge to the same spot and give up hope of escape. Daniel picks up his sister's body and begins walking down the road in the opposite direction.
Believing herself stuck in a nightmare, Sandra abandons her children and drives off, vainly attempting to wake herself. Without access to her inhaler, Camila dies. Roberto exits the car and walks off through the brush to seek help. After repeatedly passing the same gas station, they realize the road endlessly repeats the same stretch. Panicking, Sandra insists that Roberto turn around and return home. Sandra asks Daniel to retrieve the backup inhaler, but he reveals that he forgot to pack it. He tosses the bamboo onto the road without paying any further attention.Īfter Roberto accidentally destroys her inhaler– an accident he insists was fated to happen– a loud explosion sounds in the distance. Roberto finds a piece of green bamboo in his car, which he finds puzzling. On the way, they stop at a gas station where Roberto carelessly offers fruit juice to Camila, who has an allergic reaction to it and slowly starts having an asthma attack. Daniel packs a deck of miniature playing cards, just like the one Marco found in his wallet. Although her new husband, Roberto, is anxious about the trip, Sandra reassures him the long drive will give him a chance to bond with her children. Marco insists that he did not consciously choose to shoot Carlos and the two argue over the metaphysics of their situation.Įlsewhere, Sandra and her two children, Daniel and Camila, prepare to visit her ex-husband.
Enraged by Marco's callousness, Oliver disarms him and threatens to kill him with his pistol. As Oliver mourns Carlos' death, Marco becomes shaken when he sees that a vending machine on the stairwell has become restocked, precisely as it was 24 hours ago. Oliver applies first aid to his brother but can only watch as Carlos bleeds to death the next day.īefore he dies, Carlos urges Oliver to appreciate the present, something he could never do. He tears the tiny card into pieces and does not pay it any further attention. As Marco goes through the items in his wallet, he finds a miniature playing card he does not recognize. They are then startled by a loud explosion in the distance just before they realize that the stairs turn out to be endless, looping in on themselves. While chasing them, Marco shoots Carlos in the leg but seems surprised by his own action.
The brothers overpower Marco and flee down their apartment complex's stairwell. Marco admits he does not have one and attempts to take them to the police station at gunpoint. Oliver explains that he has confessed under duress and begs forgiveness. Before Oliver can explain his behavior, rogue cop Marco emerges from hiding and places both brothers under arrest. Tom Peters trained at Rose Bruford College.Small-time criminal Carlos comes home to find his younger brother, Oliver, agitated.
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