Julianne Moore has explained the ambiguous ending to her new Apple TV+ thriller Echo Valley.
Echo Valley stars Moore as Kate, whose isolated life is disrupted when her troubled daughter Claire (Sydney Sweeney) turns up on the doorstep covered in someone else's blood.
When Kate begins to piece together the horrifying truth of what happened, the mother is forced to decide how far she'll go to protect her child.
Joining Moore and Sweeney on the cast are Domhnall Gleeson, who plays local criminal and drug dealer Jackie, and Edmund Donovan, who plays Claire's boyfriend Ryan.
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At the end of the film, after a number of shocking twists and turns, which include a dead body and someone being framed for a crime, some normalcy is restored in Kate's life.
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Not for long though, as the film ends with Kate hearing a knock on the door. After answering the door, she sees Claire standing there again and the screen cuts to black.
Asked by Entertainment Weekly if Kate will forgive everything Claire has put her through, Moore said: "That's a question for the audience, isn't it? That's where the movie ends. The movie ends with, 'And here's a knock on the door.' I know what my answer is, but a lot of people who've seen the movie have said different things.
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"Some people say like, 'Oh, absolutely, she'd let her in,' or 'I would let her in,'" Moore said. "Others say, 'Oh no, I wouldn't open the door. I wouldn't do that.' It's wonderful to see that it's really open for discussion at the end of the film. It's been inciting a lot of conversation, which is great."
Hesitant to share her own thoughts on what Kate would do, Moore concluded: "I want you to wonder. I want you to go, 'What would I do?' That's what the movie asks."
Echo Valley is available to watch now on Apple TV+.
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