This scene returns to the bedroom from earlier in the film, using the exact same camera angle, rafter alignment, and spatial layout to create a direct visual echo of the opening. This was intentional: the father has been intermittently fighting the possession throughout the narrative, and this moment is one of several attempts rather than a sudden breakthrough. Repeating the original staging reinforces the idea that he is still present beneath the demon’s influence, and that this struggle has been ongoing.
The cigarette functions as a deliberate callback. The last conscious thing he attempted before losing control of his body was to light it, and now, in his demonic form, he repeats the same action. It reads as dramatic irony: he finally succeeds, but only at the point where the surrounding environment is burning and his fate is sealed. The warm, oppressive palette of the flames contrasts directly with the colder rooms earlier in the film, highlighting the separation between Lina’s increasing agency and his decline. The tone is intentionally tragic and partially redemptive, as the viewer is meant to recognise the father’s small return to selfhood even though it arrives too late.