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What were they all laughing at?

posted 17 years ago by pulse72
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Was what I think they were all cracking up about really that funny?

[–] amd555 17 years ago

I'm guessing you are talking about the ending sequences. I feel that the father and the brothers understood why Lorent sneaks out at night, and all(father especially) understand that he is a "man" now. They all realize what he did overnight and are happy for him.

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[–] dreamonforever1 16 years ago

if you don't understand why they're all laughing in the film's denouement (and, j.m.o., but there's more than one reason), you probably weren't paying close enough attention...

:-) gregory 031808

[–] bruce73 13 years ago

What I loved was the look on the mother's face -- almost as if she had been betrayed.

[–] digiscript34 13 years ago

I got it straight-away why they were laughting. Lorent's comin-of-age was something the father had been waiting for, despite Loren'ts propensity for mischief and general naughtieness.

[–] virgiltx 13 years ago

I took it they were laughing at his embarrassment for being discovered returning from a nocturnal liaison; more specifically, at the fact that they didn't need to ask where he'd been, and that he would have been too embarrassed to say.

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