The protagonist of "Luckiest Girl Alive" is Ani Fanelli, who skillfully maintains the
appearance of leading an ideal life, but a past event poses a threat to tear her apart.
Ani Fanelli is a writer for The Women's Bible in New York City, where she discusses the
sexual gratification of males in her articles.
She strives for improvement and is almost hired by The New York Times.
She is engaged to wealthy man Luke Harrison, with whom she is dating.
Independent filmmaker Aaron Wickersham comes back to interview her for a documentary he
is doing on a school shooting that many people think Ani was involved in.
When he informs her that Dean Barton, a former classmate who is now a powerful politician,
has agreed to an interview request to discuss the incident, she questions whether to provide
her side of the story.
Ani is debating between staying put and applying for a job at The New York Times vs enrolling
in an MFA programme at Goldsmiths, University of London.
Ani, who was then known as TifAni, enrols at the school in a flashback and makes friends
with Dean, Liam Ross, Peyton Powell, Hilary Hutchinson, Arthur Finnerman, and Ben Hunter.
She begins a romance with Liam.
She slips away with Hilary to Dean's place during a school party.
Ani runs across Andrew Larson, a former professor of hers who is familiar with some of Tiffany's
previous events, in the present.
He pushes her not to continue keeping silent about what occurred to her during their chat.
During the party in Dean's house in the past, Peyton, Liam, and eventually Dean commit three
separate acts of sexual assault on Ani.
Later, she arrives at the store in a troubled state, when Mr. Larson discovers her.
Ani and Luke's bond is eroding as a result of the previous events coming to light.
She even admits that her prior trauma prevents her from having frequent sex with him.
In the past, following the party's events, Liam has acted as though Ani's claims that
he and his companions sexually assaulted her are wholly untrue.
She is asked whether she wants to report the sexual assault by the school's principal,
Mr. Mayer, and Mr. Larson advises her to do the same.
She finally gives up when she understands that they must first call her mother before
going to the police.
Due to Dean's family's considerable influence, Mr. Larson is dismissed for allowing the girls
to leave the school party on the day of the event.
Ani is to blame for not speaking out, Arthur says.
Ben believes that Peyton is bullying him in the same way Dean and Peyton bullied him previously
and he did nothing about it.
The two argue as he keeps placing the blame on her.
Ani agrees to an interview request from Aaron and describes the filming day.
When the device initially detonated, she was next to Dean.
Before the gunman revealed himself, they all fled and hid, and it was Ben.
When he heard Arthur's voice, he instantly killed Hilary and Peyton before leaving.
TifAni hid a knife with her as the survivors made the decision to go.
She chose not to leave the door open for Liam, who was also slain, because the shooter was
pursuing them.
When Arthur finally faced TifAni and Dean, he offered her a pistol so she could kill
him for raping her.
He completed the task when she was unable to, but was ambushed by her as she fatally
stabbed him.
She claimed in the interview that the last thing she saw of him was a shocked expression
as he pondered why she had murdered him rather than Dean.
Dean fabricated the story following the incident.
He said that Ani plotted the shooting with Arthur and Ben because he would not agree
to be her lover.
In the end, they all intended to commit suicide, but only Ben succeeded.
Ani hurries out as Dean enters the studio without permission, setting up the conclusion
of the movie.
Detailed explanation of Luckiest Girl Alive's conclusion:
What choice does Ani choose about her future?
Ani's supervisor, Lolo, had a key role in her ability to land the position at The New
York Times earlier in the movie.
She now wants to relocate to London, nevertheless.
Although not via the documentary, she does wish to share her tale.
She has instead created an opinion piece that she plans to submit to The New York Times.
When Lolo is asked for her opinion, she is brutal.
She instructs Ani to write honestly rather than in such a sanitised way.
Accepts Dean his crime?
During Dean's book event, Ani and Dean get into a heated argument.
He acknowledges that everything was made up and that Ani wasn't at fault.
He is ready to admit she had nothing to do with the shooting, but he can't accept the
rape claims since it would also wreck his family's life.
She prods him into confessing to all of his misdeeds and records the entire exchange.
She does not, however, leak it.
What transpires between Luke and Ani?
Luke gets indignant when Ani gives him the opinion piece because of how detailed it is.
He criticises her and desires a return to their previous way of life.
Ani admits that she had always been using him during the altercation.
He was only the target of her repressed rage at the rapists and a promising possibility
to flaunt to the world.
She quits their connection by admonishing him that she must now live her life without
him or anybody else criticising her.
What happens to Ani at the end?
Ani's opinion piece attracts a lot of attention and inspires many women to confront their
sexual abusers.
She thinks the work ultimately accomplished far more than she had anticipated.
Additionally, she has agreed to work for The New York Times.
At the conclusion, a Bloomberg reporter warns her that she won't be able to take on Dean,
who has done a lot for the nation, despite his accomplishments.
By telling her that she would only remember her as the person Ani insulted on the street,
Ani returns it to her.
She strides out with assurance that she can now express herself without inhibition.