For Wellness Explained — A Cure

He realizes the "wellness" of the corporate world is just as predatory as Volmer’s spa and chooses to leave both behind.

He meets the only young person there: a mysterious girl known only as "Hannah" (Mia Goth). She is kept isolated, drinks only water from a special spring, and is referred to by Volmer as the "Barroness." Lockhart becomes obsessed with freeing her. a cure for wellness explained

After Lockhart burns down the institute and kills Volmer, he escapes with Hannah on a bicycle. When they are intercepted by his corporate bosses, Lockhart refuses to return to New York. His final, haunting smile suggests a few possibilities: He realizes the "wellness" of the corporate world

The opening scenes on Wall Street are key. Lockhart's boss literally drinks a green juice (a "wellness" product) while firing employees. The corporation is a vampire: it drains the life from young workers, then discards them. The Baron is simply a more honest version of the same thing. He drains his patients slowly, keeping them alive just enough to be useful. The sanitarium is just a corporation with a better spa. After Lockhart burns down the institute and kills

It represents the mind: the clean surface of sanity, the dusty memories, and the dark, watery unconscious below.