Very rarely does an indie film convince large numbers of people to become online sleuths to figure out something that happens at the end of it.
Sure, for science-fiction, horror, or other genre films, this kind of behavior is fairly commonplace, as those genres tend to attract obsessive and investigative types.
But a low-key character drama that does not have much of a plot? That film must dig deep into someone for them to go on the hunt for answers.
Such is the case with Lost in Translation, the 2003 Oscar-winning sophomore feature from Sofia Coppola, which concludes with an ending that has caused many folks online to put on their audio engineer hats to determine what has been said in a muffled whisper between the two main characters.
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