Because my sister and her friend rented a movie that day, a god damn romantic comedy; and they made me leave the room, right when Brando was pleading his case in the courthouse! Can someone please tell me what happends next?
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Yes, I can tell you what happened next. If I remember correctly, the judge taught Brando how to spell "beginning"! jk
shareI hated the mother and daughter in this movie.
shareI hated them, too. But their treachery and lack of support ensured they got theirs in the end, just like Prochnow's character. Violence begets violence and hate begets hate. And, more importantly, hate is blind. There's no way the wife and daughter would have escaped becoming pariahs after Ben's death and they'd definitely burned any bridges as far as his new friends on the left. So, they'd have been pretty screwed (as opposed to the son, who would have been supported and protected by Ben's friends) even before Apartheid ended a few years later. So much for picking the winning side.
A powerful irony of the film is that it's so brutal and yet, has such a very satisfying ending. And that's not just because history proved the film's message out. Ben is a Samson figure who essentially takes down everyone in the house of cards he lives in with him. No one escapes justice.
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All the good people are killed.
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Intent ends, spirit continues
The son isn't. Neither is the friend.
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