FLM.RED / After the credits
What Klara chooses to remember
Klara and the Sun recapped: Josie, the replica and the film’s ambiguous ending. Major spoilers.
Open the recap & discussion — spoilers
An artificial companion’s account of love and care leaves room to question what she remembers.
Klara becomes Josie’s friend
Klara is an Artificial Friend bought for Josie, a lonely girl whose genetic enhancement has left her seriously ill. Klara believes the sun can grant help and prays for Josie.
A family living with illness
Josie’s mother Chrissie struggles with her daughter’s condition. Klara’s friendship with Josie and Rick grows as she tries to understand the human world around her.
The portrait is a replica
Klara and Josie discover that Capaldi is making an artificial replica of Josie. The plan is to use Klara’s components so that she could act as Josie after her death, upsetting Josie.
Klara acts on her belief
Klara believes a smoke-producing harvester blocks the sun’s help. She damages herself to set it alight; Rick saves her. Klara later tells the story as one in which Josie recovers and grows up.
A reunion with an open question
Klara spends her later days at an Artificial Friend retirement yard and tells her story to others. Another companion questions whether Josie really survived as Klara remembers. Klara sees Josie join her at the end.
The film leaves that final appearance open to interpretation. Klara’s account expresses her faith and attachment without proving every detail of Josie’s fate.
Questions after watching
- What does Klara’s belief in the sun reveal about her?
- Can a replica replace a person’s relationships?
- How do you interpret Josie’s final appearance?
A science-fiction story about care and memory
The uncertainty of Klara’s narration makes her devotion more moving and the final reunion more difficult to settle.
Keep the conversation going
What is Klara?
She is an Artificial Friend, an android designed as a companion.
What is the portrait of Josie?
Capaldi is making an artificial replica intended to act as Josie.
Is Josie’s final appearance fully explained?
No. The film leaves it open to interpretation.
