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that creepy old woman on the island


im not completely sure, but you know that ominous old lady in a black cloak when the main character first arrives on the island - is that her aunt?

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I don't think so, otherwise Marie would have acknowledged her in some way. She's just another woman that was there at the time.

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Uf, and what if that was Henrik's "aunt"?

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I think she was Henrik's aunt and she was still alive when Marie went back to her cottage although "proffessionals" had given her a short time to live because she had cancer.

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Seeing her in that black cloak and pale face, it's difficult not to think of the figure of Death in the Seventh Seal, that would come 6 years later. She even plays chess and talks about cheating death!

http://film.umwblogs.org/files/2009/01/seventh-seal130.jpg

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