What is Jerome saying with the tuft of hair?

tux_tina

At the end of Gattaca , before Vincent heads to his flight, Jerome shows him a whole lot of samples and says that he's going on a "journey" himself. He gives Vincent an envelope not to open before he's up in space. When Vincent then finally starts his journey to Titan, Jerome puts on his silver medal and then commits suicide in the incinerator. And when Vincent opens the envelope he finds a tuft of hair, most probably Jerome 's. But I wonder...

Originally asked by Napoleon Wilson on Stack Exchange (movies) (CC BY-SA 3.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

A lock of hair is traditionally a token of remembrance, but throughout the movie, Jerome was giving his hair to Vincent purely for practical purposes. At the end, the hair was finally and purely given for its sentimental value. This symbolically fixed one of the broken things in the movie's dystopia.

Full answer by Adam: https://movies.stackexchange.com/a/27058 (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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