Heartbreaking ending but uplifting too. The reconfirming of ones own spirit. After the worst has happened you're still going to be okay.

Love the music...so uplifting...i love how she takes a deep breath before she leaves the park...sort of before she takes flight on her mission of hope again! Beautiful how the flower children recognize that she not only needs some hope and encouragement but they seem to know that she'll appreciate what they've given her! imho☺

One of the most realistic ending's to a film ever, especially for the time. Proof that the man doesnt always get the woman, or woman the man.

Lovely indeed....The series of emotions that flow through this scene is amazing: the wave good-bye from the flower children gives her tentative hope, then she looks at her flower, and to the next couple on the bench, gets her smile back and finally says "good morning" through tears and almost relief that she can still be happy. She then looks at the birds, shrugs as if to say "Oh, well..." then takes a breath and sallies forth in a long and magnificent Fosse pullback. And where did she go? I love that she seems to be entering the rest of the world for the first time.

Great ending. Always make your life happy by yourself by your hands

it takes a LOT to make me cry but god DAMN this scene takes me there EVERY TIME!!!

Gets me every time. Heartbreaking yet hopeful. Thanks for the upload.

Great ending. Liked the alternative ending too: "The odds against us are at least 100 to 1". "That's the best odds I ever had".

Love the music...so uplifting...i love how she takes a deep breath before she leaves the park...sort of before she takes flight on her mission of hope again! Beautiful how the flower children recognize that she not only needs some hope and encouragement but they seem to know that she'll appreciate what they've given her!

I think she sees that love and hope and peace are everywhere

One of my favourite films - so underrated (as most things are) at the time of its initial release, but, is so well-done (even Ms MacLaine, who usually rubs me the wrong way). It does a terrific job of taking its source (The Nights of Cabiria) and translating it to a stylish NYC-centric piece. The choreography's so ahead of its time (in fact, when I first saw it, was as a late-night movie', and I came in during Big Snpeder, and I was RIVETED). The last shot - of the last scene - of Cabiria - the close-up of Ms Massina's face, as she's been 'taken-in' with the strolling kids, playing their music, and just being happy, is (rightfully) considered one of the most magical moments in film. Though she'd just been (horribly- and in Cabiria, physically) knocked-down, she gets up, and the camera comes so intimately close to her, as she gently smiles - straight to the lens - and at us, in the audience...wow. Again, Mr Fosse's reinterpretation - taking the stroll, and putting it in the early-morning hours, with the sun just rising, on (what looks to be) a lovely day, with the flower children (and, yes, B. Cort), is really good, though, I guess Mr Fosse felt it would seem to much a 'rip-off' on the final shot, so, instead has Charity walk by herself, the last time we see her face, she's being reborn - with her optimistism still intact, and smiling, for the new day, as the camera pulls up and away from behind her.

Bud Cort is the most beautiful creature...I'm completely mesmerized.

One of my all time favourite movies growing up as a kid of the 60s.

This ending is similar to the ending of its source, the film “Nights of Cabiria,”’ which both have the same theme- young kids wake her from her stupor and give her hope. The ending of “Cabiria” is a real tearjerker.

I still hear that beautiful ballad "Sweet charity" guitar solo....all of the emotions and the sadness and happiness...this movie was all about love and the experiences we have along the way...so beautiful.

I remembered watching Sweet Charity a few years ago and I really enjoyed! Such an amazing musical 3:07 And she lived hopefully ever after. Hopefully Shirley Maclaine's character will find love and the right man for her

Perfect realistic ending. I saw the alternate ending too years later. This one is much better!

When I was a naive 17, I had joined our high school's theater club. They took us on a field trip downtown to the Palace Theater to see a play obviously no one in our upstate, country school had researched! What an eye opener! I was hooked on Broadway for the rest of my life. The movie version spared Miss McLane from a lot of the "whore" dialogue and scenes, but still the movie was an excellent recreation. More family friendly, I would say. I remember it like it was last September.

I think happily ever after would be my first choice, but in its absence, hopefully ever after would beat hopelessly ever after.

some great songs came out of this musical. love where am I going.

For Bob Fosse's Sweet Charity (1969), the music score was adapted by Cy Coleman who earned his only Oscar nomination in 1970. I love the music which is so uplifting...I love how Shirley MacLaine takes a deep breath before she leaves the park...sort of before she takes flight on her mission of hope again!

I like to think that eventually Vittorio broke up with Ursula then he and Charity ended up together.

Is that...Bud Cort! Woooooooooow

Unul dintre cele mai frumoase filme pe care le-am văzut...❤️

If you ask me, Oscar wasn't really worth it anyhow. She's better off going on with her life and forgetting about him

Heartbreaking beautiful ending. 2:58

Took me years to get to that point after I got my heart broken...........still single but I am also living happily ever after.

In that same year of the film the Manson Family will massacre 6 people in 2 nights .... paradoxical in comparison with the images and the message of this ending

Wenn das die Hippies waren dann war es eine sehr schöne Lebensform. So ermutigend. Love ✌❤

My understanding of movie was mostly People don’t change she was optimistic by nature and she saw good in everything and to the end of her live regardless what ever happen she will be hopeful .I am one .A d god knows I had share of good bad and ugly!

Kristopher Tabori and Bud Cort! 💞

Esta escena me rompió me corazón. 🥺🥺 "Y vivió con esperanza después de eso".

It was one of the first time the movie`s heroine didn`t depend upon the fate of the movie`s hero to keep her own choices and followed her own way. Today we would call it "feminist empowerment".

I was so sad at the realistic ending. She probably ended up on abother dance hall😢

@luzcamaraurquiza But then as I recall he rejects her because of her background. She by then has become enamoured of him and is looking forward to changing her life. This is then hopelessly idealistic ending. Ad the feel good factor.

Does anybody know the names of the older couple in Central Park that Shirley McLean says hi to? I was trying to find their real life names but nothing online that I can find.

I prefer the alternative ending

I guess she didn’t end up with the church dude.

これはチャップリンのモダン・タイムスのエンディングと対比されるべきものだろう。 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/htlmls5iytDTcas.html １９６９年の「現代女性」にはチャップリンに相当する存在が欠落している。 その時代相の違いについて、いろいろ考えさせられる。