The 1980 fantasy romance movie ‘The Blue Lagoon,’ directed by Randal Kleiser, is an unsettling return to the period of innocence tinged with a degree of existential anxiety. The guilty pleasure story is set at the turn of the nineteenth century and is based on Henry De Vere Stacpoole’s namesake novel. Following the explosion, Richard and Emmeline are left on the high seas with eccentric sailor Paddy Buttons. The island is riddled with frightening secrets, maybe including the bogeyman and the promise of love and family in the midst of harsh barrenness. However, it would be beneficial if you had any questions after the film’s open-ended ending. Let us look into this further. SPOILERS FOLLOW.

Synopsis of the plot of The Blue Lagoon

Richard and Emmeline Lestrange are sailing to San Francisco with Richard’s father, Arthur, on a ship. Richard and Emmeline leave, finding across old images of naked women in Paddy Buttons’ chamber. Paddy, an elderly sailor on the crew, is about to beat the kids, but a fire on the ship diverts our attention. Arthur and his pals board one boat as Paddy, Richard, and Emmeline board another. The vessel is diminishing, and the sea claims it minutes later. Paddy, Richard, and Emmeline survive the disaster, although they are separated from the rest of the gang.

Emmeline is thirsty, and Paddy directs their attention to the hissing sound made by the lowering sun as it meets the water. Richard claims he can hear the sound even after growing up. Paddy is concerned that they would perish without food and water, but as dawn rises, they notice that they are in front of an island. There are fruits, fresh water from streams, and even a rum barrel on the island, thus it is a supplier. Paddy jumps on the barrel and leaves to his redemption one night after much celebration. Richard and Emmeline uncover Paddy’s body the next morning. Richard and Emmeline settle on the island, as Richard fantasizes about his father arriving to take them home. They begin an illicit romance in the remote countryside, and Emmeline gives birth to a child.

Can Arthur save Richard and Emmeline at the end of The Blue Lagoon?

Following Richard’s hopeful claim, Arthur arrives to save the two. While Richard, Emmeline, and the infant are rolling in the mud, their skin hue makes them look to be people of color. As a result, Arthur decides that the man, woman, and baby are not his son and niece. While Arthur’s boat sails away, Richard and Emmeline decide to return to the other location where they used to reside with old Paddy. Emmeline and Paddy sit on the boat while Richard goes banana shopping for their journey. However, Emmeline loses consciousness and comes to realize that the vessel has drifted pretty far from the coast.

When Paddy inadvertently throws an oar into the sea, Richard leaps into the ocean to retrieve it. Emmeline spots a shark in the ocean and immediately alerts Richard. Richard swims towards the boat, leaving the oar in the water. The family gathers on the boat, but they remain drifting on the water. Emmeline tries her hardest to keep little Paddy awake after he consumes some of the never-wake-up berries. When they can no longer stand guard over the baby and the road to survival is no longer visible, Richard and Emmeline decide to eat the berries and accompany the baby. Arthur discovers the boat in the final chapter.

Do Richard and Emmeline make it? What becomes of Paddy?

Finally, as he boards the boat, Richard asks his companions if Richard and Emmeline are still alive. One of the colleagues responds that they are sleeping, not dead. We assume, based on Paddy’s warning, that eating the never-wake-up fruit leads in death. As a result, we conclude that Richard, Emmeline, and the baby died as a result of consuming the berries together. However, it never occurs to us that Paddy’s sailor wisdom could be founded on a legend, which could be the case in retrospect. Although the berries are depicted in wide brushstrokes in the film, the text names them as “Arita berries.”

The berries are fictitious and have no biological counterpart. They are strong narcotics that put individuals to sleep. Similar traditions exist about exotic flora and wildlife that put mariners to sleep — see, for example, Alfred Tennyson’s poem ‘The Lotus-Eaters,’ where “black faces” lose color in front of a strange and sleep-inducing “rosy flame.” In addition, the plant depicted in the film could be rosary peas, which can be lethal to an adult if consumed.

They are common in Polynesian islands, and following that route, the family appears to be extinct. The video, however, advises giving the trio the benefit of the doubt because the expert discovers that they are breathing. As a result, we might as well believe Richard and Emmeline are still alive. The idea that the seed pods were linked to neighboring plants as a prop reinforces the theory. The black and crimson seeds do not resemble rosary peas. As a result, Richard, Emmeline, and the baby are most likely still alive.

Do Richard and Emmeline continue to be together? Are they related?

Here’s a question you should consider as they maybe return to society. Richard and Emmeline are without a doubt first cousins. After Emmeline’s parents die, Arthur raises both of them until the shipwreck. They have, nevertheless, become closer throughout their stay on the island. They were also physically close, which resulted in Emmeline giving birth to Paddy. However, in today’s culture, their relationship is deemed taboo, which raises various questions. Richard and Emmeline have most likely been on the island for roughly ten years. Despite being cousins, they have accepted each other as life partners.

While it may appear strange in certain modernized societies, Richard and Emmeline could end up together. Even in some US states, such as Massachusetts and New Hampshire, girls must be 12 years old to marry with parental authorization. While it is not desirable for a woman to marry at the age of twelve, child weddings are common in poor countries throughout South Asia, West Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Oceania. Furthermore, despite being a societal taboo in many cultures, inbreeding is tolerated in sovereign dynasties all over the world.

According to this provocative report in The Independent, Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip are third cousins. More crucially, child marriages appear to be widespread, in contrast to the so-called empowerment of women (associated with modernity) throughout nations. As a result, the sin is irrelevant as long as one cannot discern between the deity and the bogeyman. We hope Richard and Emmeline will be content to spend the rest of their lives together, raising baby Paddy, because they are in love and have vowed to walk the line together. In light of this, Richard and Emmeline appear to be staying together.