What Does The Ending Of Enemy Really Mean?

Denis Villeneuve's 2013 film Enemy may not have been a box office smash, but it is one of the most provocative and entrancing psychological thrillers of the last decade.

Loosely adapted from José Saramago's 2002 novel The Double, Enemy stars Jake Gyllenhaal as Adam, a despondent college history professor whose life is turned upside down when he discovers a doppelgänger of himself, Anthony (also played by Gyllenhaal, obviously), while watching a movie.

What begins simply enough quickly becomes increasingly dizzying and complex, as the identities of the two men become blurred in decidedly David Lynch-esque fashion. This leads to a third act and a final scene in particular that's wide open to interpretation and has been passionately debated over the last five years.

There are no 100% definitive answers, and Villeneuve has patently refused to clear anything up - because why would he? - but by taking a deep dive into the cerebral thriller, we can perhaps uncover quite what it all means...