The film “Fair Game” premiered on Netflix on October 6. The feature film, which mixes drama and suspense, was a success on the streaming giant. It highlights how relationships of power and control have the ability to transform a relationship.
What is the story of the film?
With Phoebe Dynevor, who plays Emily, and Alden Ehrenreich, who plays Luke, the main protagonists of Fair Game, the film presents the two in its plot as a couple who work together in a competitive investment fund.
In the company, one of the characters receives an unexpected promotion. As a result, this young couple’s relationship is pushed to the limit, with several clashes. Therefore, the recent engagement and their careers are threatened.
What happens in the end?
At the end of the film, the relationship between Emily and Luke comes to a complete breakdown, as the man is unable to accept his girlfriend’s professional success and continues to hold the same role at the company.
So, angry and drunk, he invades a very important meeting for the company and for Emily, accusing her of betrayal. Not satisfied, Luke attends the engagement party, organized by Emily’s mother, and acts as if nothing had happened. So he gets angry and will take satisfaction. Then, he says that she only got the promotion because she slept with several men in the company.
Later, in the bathroom, the two meet and start having sex as if they were going to reconcile, but Emily doesn’t want to continue and stops the act. However, Luke does not accept this and rapes her, leaving her physically and psychologically injured.
After the film, Emily recovers and goes to the company to try to maintain her position. So, she makes up a story about her saying that Luke was chasing her and that she had nothing to do with him. But, coldly, her boss tells her to solve the problem with human resources.
Concluding the plot, Emily has one last confrontation with Luke. And during an argument, she takes a knife and attacks her now ex-boyfriend, forcing him to admit that he raped her. With blood dripping, she admits what he did and is still forced to clean the blood off the floor. So, she proves that he is now in power and throws him out of the apartment.
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