10 Movie Endings You Can Only Work Out For Yourself
3. Being There
Being There stars Peter Sellers as Chance, the simple-minded gardener of a wealthy old man who hasn't ever set foot outside of the man's lush Washington D.C. townhouse.
When the man dies, Chance is sent out into the wide world, where through a series of improbable incidents he ends up being considered to become President of the United States.
In the film's famous final scene, Chance is shown walking across a lake, seemingly defying the natural laws of physics, before dipping his umbrella in the water, into which it disappears before he pulls it back out.
In the closing seconds, we then hear the current President (Jack Warden) say, "Life is a state of mind."
There's a lot to unpack here - there's very obviously a biblical connotation to Chance walking on water, which might suggest he's implied to be a saviour of humanity.
On the other hand, in referring to that final line, it may be saying that the blissfully ignorant Chance is able to walk on water precisely because he didn't know he couldn't do it.
Either way, it makes for one hell of an ending.