The Longest Ride Ending Explained - Endante (2024)

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Going to the auction, Luke buys the first piece of art, a simple painting by Daniel "Portrait of Ruth". He and Sophia reconcile with a kiss after he tells her he will not ride anymore because what he really wants is to be with her for the rest of his life.

Sophia grabs his hand and explains that he is now a millionaire. In the final scene, Sophia is seen at a art gallery surrounded by Ira's pictures and is shown locking the door to the room and jumping into a car with Luke. The building she left is the 'Ira and Ruth Levinson Museum'.

There is a couple of sad parts, but for the most, it's a happy ending.

Due to the peritonitis it was likely he couldn't have children. Ira knew that having a child was something Ruth really wanted in the future and he didn't want to deprive her of that. He thought the right thing to do was to let her move on with someone that could give her exactly what she wanted.

Luke keeps a secret from Sophia: A year earlier, a hard fall from a notoriously wild bull left Luke with a head injury; another fall could cost him his life, but Luke wants one last run at a championship. The prize money would cover his staggering medical bills. Neither Sophia nor Luke's mother want Luke to compete.

A year later, Luke and Sophia, now married, have built an art gallery dedicated to Ira and Ruth and their paintings. He takes her to Black Mountain College where Ira and Ruth used to spend their wedding anniversary. They sit under the same tree and read Ira's letters together.

The Longest Ride examines specifically how opposites attract. Sparks uses two couples to explore the dynamics between people motivated only by a mystically powerful attraction to be together. Can they find their way to the comfort, stability, and consolation of emotional commitment? Defying the odds, they do.

However, Ira is shot during an attack and is later informed by the doctor that he can no longer have children, news that causes distance between him and Ruth when he returns because he knows how much she wants to be a mother.

No, The Longest Ride is not officially based on a true story but there's a conversation surrounding a possible reference. The film is an adaption of Nicholas Sparks' eponymous novel, and as reports suggest, Herb and Dorothy Vogel are the real-life couple who served as an inspiration for the story.

Daniel became a professor of astronomy in memory of his favorite teacher. Sophia continues her studies at Wake Forest and Luke continues to ride bulls.

Why couldn t the old man have kids in The Longest Ride? ›

Basically, he was wounded in the war and couldn't have children, but he and his wife (Oona Chaplin), who always wanted children, found happiness through compromise.

This movie features three actors who are descendants of notable film directors: Scott Eastwood (son of Clint Eastwood), Jack Huston (grandson of John Huston), and Oona Chaplin (granddaughter of Charles Chaplin).

Sophia intervenes, and the two retreat to her room, where Luke tells her that he has decided to retire from bull riding.

Based on the bestselling novel by master storyteller Nicholas Sparks, THE LONGEST RIDE centers on the star-crossed love affair between Luke, a former champion bull rider looking to make a comeback, and Sophia, a college student who is about to embark upon her dream job in New York City's art world.

The Longest Ride (2015 PG13) will have you crying big, ugly tears. After an automobile crash, the lives of a young couple intertwine with a much older man, as he reflects back on a past love.

The Longest Ride

The bull even had a film cast credit. Rango serves as a nemesis to protagonist Luke Collins, played by Scott Eastwood. Real-life PBR contestants rode the bulls, including Rango, as stunt-doubles. Jeff Robinson was beginning to see more fame for his bull after he starred in the film.

However, weeks later, Ruth returns and they confess their love for one another. One morning, now eighty-years-old, Ira wakes up to find Ruth has died in her sleep. He boxes up all of the paintings they collected together to sell them at an auction.

Max gives birth to her daughter Phoenix underground. The Flock, now much larger, flies to Peru to live among the ruins there. Max begins writing down the history of what happened. The story ends with the Flock teaching Phoenix to fly.

No, The Longest Ride is not officially based on a true story but there's a conversation surrounding a possible reference. The film is an adaption of Nicholas Sparks' eponymous novel, and as reports suggest, Herb and Dorothy Vogel are the real-life couple who served as an inspiration for the story.