OVERLAY REPORT

In Kim Ki-duk's Moebius (2013), the Son is the only character who arguably ends up 'better' than at the start, albeit in a spiritual or existential sense. After a horrific cycle of castration, incest, and violence, he voluntarily shoots off his transplanted penis—symbolically severing his attachment to desire and the 'Moebius strip' of suffering—and becomes a Buddhist monk/ascetic, achieving a state of enlightenment similar to the figure seen at the film's beginning. Conversely, the Father and Mother end up significantly 'worse': the Father kills the Mother and then commits suicide, leaving them both dead.