Why is Cobb still young and Saito old?

Ariadne and Fischer kill themselves in Limbo (riding layers of kicks and reaching level-1, and eventually reality) The van in level-1 sinks with Cobb and Saito’s corpse, everyone else hides somewhere safe. Cobb drowns here. Cobb finds Saito, very old, and both kill themselves (reaching reality)

How long was Cobb and Mal in Limbo in real life?

50 years
A: Cobb and Mal were trapped in Limbo for 50 years, unaware that their world wasn’t real. Cobb eventually discovered the truth, but Mal refused to accept it. In order to get Mal to kill herself and return to the real world, Cobb performed Inception on her, planting the idea that the world wasn’t real in her mind.

Why did Cobb and Mal stay in Limbo?

Cobb explains to Ariadne that he and Mal, his wife, ended up in their world-building limbo because they were experimenting with multi-dreams and Cobb pushed them too deep. He says they grew “old” together and eventually committed suicide on the train tracks to go back to reality.

Why is Saito so much older than Cobb in Limbo?

Cobb also enters the ‘Limbo’ level much later in the movie. In fact Cobb spends time in one extra level than Saito trying to rescue Fischer thereby causing Saito to grow older relatively.

How long were Cobb and Saito in Limbo?

Therefore, Cobb and Saito would have been trapped in limbo for 182 years if they hadn’t been kicked out of the dream. It’s tempting to also use the 1:20 ratio to calculate how much time might have passed for Cobb and Mal on the surface when they were trapped in limbo.

How does Inception end?

Cobb’s totem was a spinning top which, when spun, would eventually come to rest in the real world but keep spinning endlessly in the dream world. At the end of the film, when the heist proved to be a success and Cobb is finally reunited with his kids, he spins the top one last time.

Is Inception Mal’s dream?

Despite what some abstract thinkers suggest, Inception is not entirely “just a dream.” This is proven every time Cobb is able to use his spinning top totem correctly. While it originally belonged to Mal, in her dream it spun for eternity.

How long is Cobb in limbo?

In Inception Cobb tells Ariadne that he was stuck in limbo with Mal for 50 years. Then they killed themselves by lying on the railway track. So, it is possible to commit suicide even if you are in limbo. And presumably, you return to the awake world.