The Tearsmith Ending Explained: Nica and Rigel, Do They Get What They Needed So Much?
What happens at the end of The Tearsmith (Fabbricante di lacrime)? The film is available on Netflix from April 4, 2024, and is based on the successful novel by Erin Doom. This was the best-selling book in Italy in 2022. The two leading actors are Caterina Ferioli in the role of Nica and Simone Baldasseroni (Biondo) in the role of Rigel. The film is directed by Alessandro Genovesi and written by him with Eleonora Fiorini. As already indicated, the film and the novel tell the love story of Rigel and Nica, with an ending that does not disappoint. The story of Nica (Caterina Ferioli) and Rigel (Simone Baldasseroni) begins within the walls of the Sunny Creek orphanage, which everyone calls Grave, under the watch of the cruel director, Margaret (Sabrina Paravicini). When the two orphans are adopted by the same family, they realize that some powerful and intense feelings unite them in The Tearsmith an Italian Netflix film. directed by Alessandro Genovesi. Do you want to know what happened to the protagonists? Next, I’ll tell you the ending of the romantic drama based on the successful novel of the same name by Erin Doom.
After losing her parents in a car accident, little Nica arrives at Sunny Creek, where, like the other children, she must endure Margaret’s punishments and mistreatment. The only one who receives special treatment is Rigel since the director considers him her son. In that place, Nica also hears for the first time the story of The Tearsmith, a solitary being who lived in a world where people could not cry and made crystal tears for those who wanted to experience that feeling. For years, Nica waits for a family to notice her and adopt her, and that finally happens in her teens. Anna and Norman, a couple who lost a son of the same age, take Nica into her home. Before leaving the orphanage, the couple hears Rigel playing the piano and decides to take him with them, even though the director warns them how problematic it could be. Thus, the protagonists of The Tearsmith end up in the same house.
The Tearsmith: The Story Plot
The protagonist and narrator of The Tearsmith is Nica, a little girl who suddenly, after a terrible car accident, finds herself an orphan and is sent to live at the Grave orphanage. Here in this institute, which seems to have come out of a Catholic Christian religious-themed horror film, we do not find evil nuns but Margaret, a strict governess who should change jobs since she is only capable of causing trauma to the poor minors who end up there. As the years pass, Nica becomes a beautiful 17-year-old girl, played by the very young Caterina Ferioli, she has finally found a family, the Milligans, who intend to adopt her. The young woman, however, does not leave the walls of the Grave alone, but in the company of Rigel, Simone Baldasseroni, that Biondo from Amici, a restless and mysterious dark-haired boy, the last person in the world that the protagonist would want as her adoptive brother.
Also, as shown in some fleeting flashbacks of their sad childhood, they were certainly never friends, indeed Rigel was also the only child who mysteriously was not mistreated or suffered punishments from Margaret, the actress, and director Sabrina Paravicini. Nica then finds herself catapulted into a new life, welcomed into a large and beautiful sunny house, with a bedroom of her own and the possibility of attending a real high school. From the first day she will make friends with Billie and Miki, but not only will she also find Lionel, a classmate who seems interested in the newcomer. Rigel will certainly not stand in a corner and watch, also because Nica herself is aware that the shared past has united them in an impenetrable bond that no one can understand or even break. Nica and Rigel, so different and determined to fight the pain, she with kindness and he with anger, will be destined to become, for each other, that very The Tearsmith, the protagonist of the legend they told at the orphanage. Because you can’t lie to the Manufacturer and the two protagonists will have to find the courage to accept that force that attracts them called love.
The Tearsmith Ending Explained: Nica and Rigel, Do They Get What They Needed So Much?
Although the idea of Rigel becoming her brother is not very pleasant for her, Nica tries hard not to complicate things for Anna and Norman, especially since they must pass a trial period before signing the adoption papers. On her first day of school, she meets Billie and Miki, who become her closest friends. Meanwhile, the troubled boy gets into a fight with another classmate because of an inappropriate comment about Nica. The attraction that exists between Nica and Rigel is evident, but the latter sends contradictory signals that confuse the young woman, who only tries to understand him and help him leave behind that facade of hardness and anger. Rigel’s rudeness causes Nica to pay attention to Lionel, a student who is very interested in the newcomer, but who hides something dark. The rapprochement that changes everything between the protagonists of “The Tearsmith” occurs after Rigel has a fight with Lionel and returns home sick while his adoptive parents are not at home.
Nica is in charge of taking care of him and providing him with medicine. After some kisses and caresses it is clear that they both feel the same. However, the next day, Rigel insists on walking away. Shortly before Anna and Norman officially adopt them, Rigel decides to return to the orphanage so that Nica can have the family she longs for, since she believes that he will only cause her problems and make her cry. Because he perceives himself as the wolf in Nica’s tale, he is certain that he must disappear for her to get her happy ending.
Why Did Rigel Agree to Go with Anna and Norman?
For years, Rigel rejected many families, however, he agreed to go with Anna and Norman. The reason? Nica. Since arriving at the orphanage, Rigel has cared about her, he kept the necklace that Margaret ordered him to take from her, and on one occasion he cut his hand to get the director’s attention and prevent Nica from being punished, and he was the one who took it. by the hand when Margaret kept her tied to the bed. Before returning to Grave, Rigel decides to look for Nica at a school party. Not finding her, he talks to Billie, who tells him that he saw her dancing with Lionel and accompanying him to one of her salons. While Rigel searches for her, Nica once again rejects Lionel, who, tired of her refusals, decides to use her strength. Rigel arrives just in time to save her and beat up the bully. The protagonists of “The Tearsmith” finally let themselves be carried away by their feelings. However, their happiness ends when Lionel chases them and tries to run them over. Being cornered, the couple has no choice but to jump off the bridge. Later, Nica wakes up in the hospital and discovers that Rigel has brain neuromas and is in a coma.
Does Rigel Wake Up from a Coma?
Nica begs to see Rigel, but Margaret, who regains custody of her, won’t let her. Thanks to her friend Adeline she confirms everything Rigel did for her over the years, so she refuses to give up on him. After thinking about it a little, she understands that the only way to free the person she loves is to denounce the mistreatment of the orphanage director. With the help of her adoptive parents, Nica takes Margaret to trial. Despite intimidation from the director’s lawyer, Nica gives her testimony and then runs to the hospital to meet with Rigel, who wakes up to hear her voice. In the end, they both have a family.
