All good art has something ambiguous about it, that gives the audience or the viewer an impetus to interpret it herself! This particular scene from the fantastic movie CODA (Oscar winner 2022) was exactly like that! In it a deaf father's daughter is singing a song for him and he is able to feel it. The second time I watched the movie, I got a totally different interpretation than the way I had interpreted it, this time from Tanuka who was watching it for the first time. She had interpreted it in a way I just did not think of, without going into specifics.
Which goes on to show the element of ambiguity in that scene which throws up a moment of aha! Or you got to use your brain to fill in the blanks and give it closure. Of course there is context and emotional depth that is necessary too, however the hallmark of good film-making are such subtly ambiguous moments and scenes without being over the top irrational or puzzling and uninterpretable! Good art, ergo the subtle ambiguity! 
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