Lost in the Stars (消失的她 / Xiao shi de ta) is Netflix’s latest Chinese thriller mystery film which brings an intriguing plot which soon becomes predictable to most mystery thriller lovers. Directed by Rui Cui and Liu Xiang, the film stars Zhu Yilong, Ni Ni, Janice Man, Du Jiang, and Huang Ziqi, alongside other cast members.
The film tells the story of a man whose wife goes missing while on a vacation, however, 15 days later a woman shows up in front of him claiming to be his wife. As evidence of her being his wife shows up everywhere, how will he find his wife and prove the woman in front of him to be a fraud?
Netflix’s synopsis of the film reads:
Fifteen days after his wife vanishes on their anniversary trip, He Fei encounters a mysterious woman who claims to be his missing spouse.
Lost in the Stars Ending Explained
Towards the end, He Fei is seen strapped to an operating table and ready to get brain surgery done on him. Right then, the imposter walks in with Officer Zheng which makes He Fei realise that he has been tricked this whole time by them. As he screams and shouts to be let out of the chair, the imposter signs the consent form while He Fei is injected with a medicine and preparations for the surgery begin.
When He Fei wakes up again he is shocked to see Chen Mai, his lawyer, appear in the room and she tells him that the police are looking for her. She tells him that he has been lying to her this whole time as on the night of Muzi’s disappearance he had met Muzi after going to the bar.
He had tricked Muzi into making her believe that they would spend their anniversary looking at the starry sky underwater after he met with his client. After asking Muzi to meet him at the beach, he left for the bar and created evidence for himself by being the centre of attention during the party and later rushing to the washroom pretending to be drunk.
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Chen Mai then tells him that he had 80 minutes between the time he entered the washroom and then left to find Muzi and this amount of time is enough for him to work on his plan and harm Luzi. She tells him that he had entered the sea with Muzi that night but came out alone, following which he played out the rest of his plan and pretended to be a husband in distress.
He Fei is shocked by this story and denies everything Chen Mai told him, however, when the timer begins in the room and footsteps are heard rushing to them he has no choice but to give in. After Chen Mai repeatedly asks him about Muzi’s location, he finally tells her that she is at the lighthouse.
He tells her that he had left Muzi there and it was because she was the first one to leave him alone. After he began gambling again after their wedding, he once again accumulated a huge debt and asked Muzi for her help only to be refused. Later, he saw divorce papers in her drawer which left him shocked and that is when he decided to plan her murder and get his hands on her inheritance.
This shocks Chen Mai as she leaves him behind and hurries out, while he struggles to undo the straps and leave. However, once he is out of the basement, he is shocked to see Chen Mai standing with the imposter, Officer Zheng and all the others whom he has been in contact with for the last few days.
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He then sees Chen Mai walk towards him and remove the sticker that was on her neck to reveal the tattoo that Muzi’s friend Shen Man had which makes him realise what has happened. We see flashbacks of Chen Man and Muzi’s friendship and how she grew suspicious when she lost contact with her best friend on the night of her murder which made her fly all the way to the island to investigate. That is when she saw the missing person poster and her doubt immediately fell on Muzi’s husband as she was aware of his behaviour.
She then decided to set up this whole play for He Fei to make him confess and find her friend who went missing. Finally, the police arrive and He Fei while Shen Man leaves to find her friend under the sea and near the lighthouse. There she finds her friend floating in a cage while looking up at the sky.
Later, she visits He Fei in prison and sees that has no guilt over his actions after which she decides to reveal the surprise Muzi never got the chance to tell him. Muzi was pregnant and had decided to show him the ultrasound picture under the starry sky, however, he left her alone to die inside the cage before she could show him the picture.
Now, Shen Man hangs the picture in front of him for him to finally realise what he had really done by killing the only person who ever truly loved him. Finally, we see He Fei breaking down while Shen Man leaves to bear the punishment for her deeds.
He Fei was punished with execution while Shen Mna and her team were all punished for their inappropriate action that caused public disturbance with detention or were deported and banished from entering the island again.
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