AVISO DE SPOILER MASSIVO:
Toward the end of Elysium, Delacourt (Jodie Foster's character) confronts a newly-reconstructed Kruger for the mess he's made of the situation, but he's moved beyond her petty concerns; he knows that if he can subdue Costa (Matt Damon), hook him up to the Torus and use the reboot program for himself, he can make himself the only legal citizen of Elysium and the habitat will become his personal playground. So, with Delacourt more hindrance than help toward that goal, he stabs her in the neck and dumps her in the same supply closet holding Frey and her daughter. Frey tries to staunch the bleeding and patch her up long enough for help to come (there's a med-pod just the other side of the door), but Delacourt refuses her help and dies.
No começo, parecia ser ...
... a purely selfish move. Delacourt's completely lost control of the situation, her coup's failed, and no matter what happens as a result of Kruger and Max running around, she's bound to lose her job and probably her life. Better to die now with some semblance of honor rather than fight to hang on to life only to be executed or exiled in shame.
No entanto, na reflexão ...
... there may be a racist or at least an elitist slant to her decision. Delacourt (and many other Elysium citizens, like Armadyne CEO John Carlyle) spends most of the movie demonstrating her belief that the people on Earth are a sub-race, not human, certainly not anywhere near the implicit worth of a citizen of Elysium. This refusal may therefore be as much about who's offering it as what it means for the rest of the life she might have, and shows that Delacourt is truly irredeemable, if she has such disdain for an Earth resident that she'd rather die than receive help.
O outro lado também pode ser verdade ...
...after spending the entire movie detaining, deporting and killing Earth residents as illegal immigrants, and the mess she's made on Elysium, Delacourt may think herself unworthy of Frey's compassion, someone she might well have let die if the situation were reversed. If this were the case, it would be somewhat of a redemption for Delacourt's character rather than a final damning.
Há alguma fonte definitiva, ou evidência que eu não tenha mencionado, para alguma dessas conclusões?
Não foi uma mudança de coração. Ela virou os primeiros socorros porque sabia que seria pego tentando derrubar Elysium. Ela subornou Carlyle para reprogramar o sistema de computador do Elysium para que ela pudesse se tornar presidente. Se ela tivesse sobrevivido à lesão que sofreu quando Kruger a esfaqueou e penetrou sua jugular - o que é altamente improvável a menos que ela tenha chegado a um médico rapidamente - ela teria sido executada por traição, ou presa por toda a vida.
Eu notei que quando Carlyle foi baleado, ele não agiu como se a morte fosse a maior coisa. Também desde que a transferência de dados matou Max, não mataria Carlyle também? Isso me levou a pensar que há algum tipo de tema oculto sobre a imortalidade. Parece que os ricos só querem morrer e considerando que eles são praticamente imortais em Elysium, isso só faz mais perguntas.
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