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 In Holland's ending, both Dave and Nancy posed the same question: "Was it even real?" The film's opening and closing credits were eerily similar, save for the fact that Fred Vandergroot, Nancy's husband, disappeared from her life. Yes, Nancy killed him... she smashed his head in and blew his brains out with the white clog, which was part of her traditional folk dances. This footwear could symbolize the shiny shackles that Fred and men like him had placed on the town's women to make them their prisoners, only they weren't truly aware of the true nature of their imprisonment. The miniature diorama in Fred's house explored the film's recurring themes of individual freedom and gender roles, similar to Ibsen's play "A Doll's House." But the question that still lingers at the end is: Did Nancy really find a way out, or is she still trapped in someone else's dollhouse? And the most important question of all: how much of the film...