It’s been almost seven years since Damien Chazelle gave us one of the classic musical-romantic movies of our time!
Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone’s magical performance in the movie and an exceptional and out-of-the-box script helped the film fetch a magnificent 14 Oscar nominations, of which the film successfully won 6.
It’s been seven years, and the film still manages to woo the hearts of audiences, but equally makes them curious about many aspects of the film. Read to know it all!
Do Mia and Sebastian End Up Together?
No. Mia and Sebastian are no longer together in the movie after they decide to officially part ways.
We see this in the movie when Mia and Sebastian, after struggling all along with their career and facing rejections, finally decide to part ways but with a promise that they’d love each other, no matter what the circumstances, even if that means they had to love each other from a distance.
But destiny has different plans for the two as they achieve success in life, finally getting the life they’ve always wanted. Fast forward to some years later, we see Mia happily married to David, which only proves that Mia’s love story with Sebastian has come to an end.
Although in a sequence when Mia and Davin run into Sebastian’s Jazz club randomly, Mia is forced to imagine her life with Sebastian as she thinks of how their lives could’ve turned up if they were to be together.
We see Mia having a flashback of her time with Sebastian from the beginning, but only this time around, she has an alternate ending with him. It is shown how their lives could’ve changed for good if they didn’t do what they chose to do.
From ignoring Mia the day he lost his job to Mia giving a successful audition, we see how their life decisions have impacted their relationship, eventually making them part ways.
What Did the End of La La Land Mean?
Towards the absolute end of the movie, we see both the movie’s protagonists, Sebastian and Mia, achieve what they always aspired for throughout their life, but without each other by their side.
We see Mia becoming the successful actress she always wanted to be, with Sebastian also having his own Jazz Club. Both have attained fame and success but aren’t together anymore.
Mia is out on a romantic date night with her husband David, who is also the father of her son; as the duo enters a Jazz Club, Mia knows it is connected to Sebastian as she spots the name of the club ‘Seb’s’ something she has recommended to Sebastian when they were together.
We see Sebastian playing inside the club, with people finally enjoying Jazz the way he has always liked it- the traditional version. Mia is happy to see Sebastian finally achieving what he struggled for all his life as we see Mia imagining her one final dance with Sebastian, thinking of how their life could have been if they had ended up together.
Mia’s imagination doesn’t last long, as she is brought back to reality within the next snap, drawing a line between her imagination and reality. We see Mia and Sebastian finally smiling at each other as they both acknowledge their new life apart from each other now, as the movie ends.
