Midsommar
Midsommaris packed with details that forget a dyad of unsolved mysteries and also made room for theories , among them one that claim Pelle ( Vilhelm Blomgren ) belt down Dani ’s ( Florence Pugh ) family as part of an elaborated and roughshod program . After the achiever of his feature directorial debut , Hereditary , in 2018 , Ari Aster returned one year later withMidsommar , a sept repugnance film that prove that horror does n’t befall exclusively in the shadows of the dark , have the characters and the audience to Sweden to celebrate a midsummer festival like no other .
Midsommarfollows Dani , who after a family tragedy and with her human relationship falling apart , connect her boyfriend , Christian ( Jack Reynor ) , and his friends Mark ( Will Poulter ) , Josh ( William Jackson Harper ) , and Pelle on a trip-up to Sweden to fete a midsummer festival atPelle ’s patrimonial commune , the Hårga . However , once there , they substantiate they are now in the center of the deadly festivity of a sinister cultus , and not all of them will make it back home . Although the first hour ofMidsommarshow the tragical upshot that leaves Dani shatter and vulnerable , and while the circumstances around it are quite exculpated , a hypothesis claims Pelle was ask , and he ’s responsible for the death of Dani ’s family .
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Midsommar Theory Suggests Pelle Killed Dani’s Family
While Dani deal with a possible detachment with Christian , she learns that her babe committed a murder - suicide by filling their parent ’ house with carbon paper monoxide , killing herself and their parents . This further strains Dani and Christian ’s human relationship , and though the latter had plan to bust up with her before his trip to Sweden , which he had n’t discourse with Dani before , he ends up inviting her to join them . ThroughoutMidsommar , it ’s clear that Pelle is attracted to Dani , and he ’s the only one who remembers Dani ’s birthday while in Sweden , with Christian bury about it , and even kisses Dani when she becomes the Modern May Queen . Pelle , then , might have had something to do with the deaths of Dani ’s parent and sister as part of his programme to make her part of the Hårga cult / residential area .
In order for Dani to blend in with the Hårga and be undefendable to becoming the May Queen and more , she had to be vulnerable , and though her toxic relationship with Christian already had her in a vulnerable state of matter , Pelle need her to have no tie left in her hometown so she would outride with the cult . just how Pelle was involve in the slaying of Dani ’s family is unknown , though it could have been through Dani ’s sis who had a chronicle of mental illness , but various viewers have theorized that he planned their deaths in order for Dani to have no reasonableness to go back home after their summertime in Sweden , thus staying with the Hårga and accepting them as her Modern kinsfolk .
Why Pelle May Have Killed Dani’s Family
After seeing everything the Hårga are capable of doing , it does n’t seem too far - fetched that Pelle could have killed Dani ’s category just so he could have her link the cult . The Hårga have some utmost and deadly tradition ( and that ’s just during the midsummer solemnization , who recognize what else they do at other times of the year ) , such as two senior fellow member of the cult committing ritual felo-de-se by bemuse themselves off a precipice in front of everyone , incest being allowed when trying to make a new “ seer ” , and outsiders being killed for different ritualistic purposes . The Hårga , then , are desensitized to death , so toss off Dani ’s parent could have been seen by Pelle as part of a ritual or just a cycle that had to happen in order for Dani to become part of the religious cult .
Pelle ’s attraction to Dani and witnessing how Christian does n’t like about her could have also toy into the decision to kill her house so she could be one of the Hårga , thoughsome viewers argue that Pellewas only establish her special handling so she could be easier to manipulate during her grieving cognitive process , hence why he remember her birthday , leave her a lottery he made of her , kissed her , and why he told her he lost his parent too , so she would feel comfortable with him . Pelle ’s manipulation pass toDani becoming the May Queen , which in act led to Pelle being spare from being give , which could have also been a strong understanding for him to do all this .
Midsommar Director Ari Aster Denies The Theory
As interesting and terrifying as this theory is , and as much as it fits whatMidsommarestablished about Pelle and the Hårga , Ari Aster has already deny the possibility . In an consultation withHuffPost , Aster said that the theory is wrong , and when asked about the flush crown seen next to Dani ’s parents ’ bed , Aster just said there are “ many prophetic motion-picture show strewn throughout the film ” , but did n’t elaborate any further . Pelle might have not been involved in the deaths of Dani ’s parents after all , but there are certainly enough clue and contingent that support the theory .
