What happens after Jojo Rabbit ends?

After the Allies take the town, however, despite some strange outfits and fighting from the comical Nazi officers, Jojo is rounded up with the others to be executed. Jojo returns home but lies to Elsa about the war being over, in fear she will leave him if he lets her go, as he is now an orphan with no siblings.

Does the girl die at the end of Jojo Rabbit?

The film’s most heartbreaking moment was that of the death of Rosie, which came as a surprise to both viewers and Jojo. Unbeknownst to Jojo and everyone else, Rosie was anti-Nazi and actively (though secretly) campaigned against Hitler and the war, which is why she was hiding Elsa.

What does Elsa reveal to Jojo near the end after the war is over?

Elsa confesses that Nathan died of tuberculosis the previous year. Jojo tells her he loves her, and she tells him she loves him as a brother. A disheveled Adolf angrily confronts Jojo for siding with Elsa, but Jojo kicks him out a window.

What does the quote at the end of Jojo Rabbit mean?

Jojo Rabbit concludes with a line from Rilke’s “Go to the Limits of Your Longing”: “Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror. / Just keep going. The story in the film also dramatically captures Rilke’s famous line that if you love someone, you must set them free.

What happens to Elsa in Jojo Rabbit?

Jojo walks through the city one day and finds his mother has been hanged in the town square. Devastated, he returns home and stabs Elsa in the shoulder, then breaks down again.

What happened to Jojo’s dad?

A year ago, JoJo announced that her father had succumbed to his demons and died at the age of 60, and today she’s speaking out to call for reform in how people struggling with addiction and drug abuse handled.

Is Jojo’s dad alive Jojo Rabbit?

The only Joestar currently alive at the time was Joseph Joestar, making him the JJBA equivalent to Jojo Rabbit. In other words, Jojo’s dad in Jojo Rabbit is none other than George Joestar II, the valiant British air pilot who fought in WWI.

Is Jojo Rabbit a true story?

Jojo Rabbit isn’t based on a real German boy who daydreams of an imaginary friend named Adolf Hitler. Instead, Waititi’s screenplay is based on Christine Leunens’ 2008 fictional novel Caging Skies.

Is Jojo Rabbit’s dad dead?

But because Jojo is only ten, because his father is presumed dead, and because his mother (Scarlett Johansson) is in the Resistance, there is a kernel of understanding that Waititi is able to elicit.

Who is Johnny Joestar son?

George Joestar II (JoJolion): The son of Johnny Joestar and Rina Higashikata.

What happened to Jojo’s sister?

Jojo’s older sister has recently died of influenza. Into Jojo’s rigid, nationalistic life comes a horror for which he is decidedly unprepared – the Jewish girl, Elsa, played by Thomasin McKenzie as somewhat of an older sister figure to Jojo.

What happened to Jojo’s father?

Why did Jojo Rabbit tie his mother’s shoes?

Tying those red shoes — his mother’s daily shoes of choice — are about JoJo finally leaving behind his childhood. Always coming undone, JoJo “Rabbit” could never manage to tie his mother’s shoes; he couldn’t quite put the “bunny though the hole.” (His Rabbit nickname isn’t about that early animal abuse scene.)

Why do JoJo and Elsa dance at the end of Jojo Rabbit?

So why do JoJo and Elsa share a silly dance at the end of JoJo Rabbit? What does this even mean? When JoJo returns home from the movie’s World War II Nazi adventures, he lets Elsa out of his huge empty house, competently — for once — lacing the red leather shoes she’s wearing. It’s symbolic.

What happened to Rosie in Jojo Rabbit?

Although Jojo Rabbit has a lot of comedic moments (as expected from a film written and directed by Waititi), it also had a lot of emotional moments, especially those between Jojo, Rosie, and Elsa. The film’s most heartbreaking moment was that of the death of Rosie, which came as a surprise to both viewers and Jojo.

What is Jojo Rabbit movie about?

Jojo Rabbit is set in the later stages of World War II and follows Johannes “Jojo” Betzler (Griffin Davis), a Hitler Youth member and supporter of the war who finds out that his mother, Rosie (Johansson), is hiding a Jewish girl named Elsa (McKenzie) in their house.