Silvy has come back from death in the form of this woman. The next day, she asks to be taken to her "real home". Sam carries her because her legs are failing her once more; he senses that she will not be with him much longer. Safe and warm in her old bed in her abandoned childhood home, Sam reads her the last few lines from her favorite poem, T. S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock": "Till human voices wake us, and we drown." She dies with a smile on her lips. Sam places her in a boat and releases it onto the river. He swims with it for a while, and when he looks into it, all that remains is his coat that he had draped over her. He climbs into the boat as it drifts away. Box office Till Human Voices Wake Us grossed $181,921 at the box office in Australia. See also Cinema of Australia References External links Till Human Voices Wake Us at Oz Movies 2002 films 2002 directorial debut films 2002 romantic drama films 2000s Australian films 2000s English-language films Australian romantic drama films Films directed by Michael Petroni Films scored by Dale Cornelius Films shot in Melbourne Films with screenplays by Michael Petroni