Un Chien Andalou ending explained

What happens

The woman walks out and meets a new man, and the two stroll by the sea, content. A title says "in spring", then we see them buried to their chests in sand, devoured by decay. Happiness turns to rot.

The last image

The couple, buried to their chests in the sand, rotting.

Two readings

1 · Love ends in deathThe beach romance mirrors the film's fusion of desire and decay, so even contentment carries death inside it.

2 · No meaning intendedBuñuel said the images decode to nothing, so the ending is simply a final dream image.

What it says

A neat ending would be the polite storytelling the film mocks. By jumping seasons and ending on decay, it denies you resolution. Desire never gets satisfied, only swallowed by death, and the film trusts you to feel that without explanation.