The Platform 2
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Zamiatin is drawn to the idea of eating someone else’s food.
Zamiatin’s cellmate, Perepuan, initially supports solidarity.
However, the horrors of the pit force her to switch sides.
Perempuan takes the opportunity to block her airways by swallowing a torn section of The Dog painting.
After recalling her past criminal actions, she chooses the latter.
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At the same time, she also accepts her suffering, realizing that redemption comes at a cost.
Instead, they only want to observe what leads to them acting in solidarity.
As shown inThe Platform 2’s ending, the children, too, are mere ploys in the experiment.
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She had once created a sculpture of a dog that had sharp edges.
Many had warned her to keep stanchions around it because its jagged edges could be dangerous.
However, she did not listen.
Instead of accepting her mistake, Perempuan hired the best lawyers and avoided going to prison.
However,her guilt eventually got the best of her.
Despite avoiding legal trouble, she could not help but believe she deserved to be punished.
With this, she experiences a certain death that leads her to the path of redemption and self-forgiveness.
Only when Perempuan and Zamiatin surrender to their suffering and acknowledge their failures do they walk toward redemption.
Perempuan initially supports his ideals because she finds it fair.
The pit inThe PlatformandThe Platform 2is officially named the Vertical Self-Management Center.
It’s a 333 level prison which inmates enter voluntarily.
While in the pit, the participants are sent to a different floor each month.
She eventually realizes she’s now stuck in the bottom level of the prison.
This installment explores new layers of its brutal regime, delving deeper into its social hierarchy and survival dynamics.
Directed by an unknown filmmaker, the sequel continues to challenge its characters' moral boundaries.
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