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older brother possible rape

posted 14 years ago by ewanfanatic88
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I have a question, when her older brother is beating her up and then the camera goes off to show her wimpy younger brother playing the piano, does the older brother rape her? Earlier in the movie he stares at her butt and now that he knew she was 'experienced' maybe he just went for it.

I was just wondering...

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[–] ewanfanatic88 14 years ago

Thank you for your response, but I don't really think the mother was trying to stop the beating. I think she was just acting like it for her daughter but inside she was on Older Brother's side. Her mother is bitchy enough to think that in my opinion.

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[–] sch621 14 years ago

I don't know if it is meant to interpret that scene as the older brother raping her but the filmmaker did want to build or insinuate the potential in the other scene. When she returns and he stares at her but and knows that she is "different" I think it insinuates just how twisted this family and he really is. I think the scene is meant to leave you questioning if the older brother had incestuous intent with her.

[–] egoangel18 14 years ago

I got the same vibe OP.

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[–] holligolightly 13 years ago

I agree with you. It is uncertain if he raped her or not, later the idea of the chinaman paying for him to go away which pleases her, more than just generosity... I think we're not told to show the posisbility of how bad it was in the family /house.

[–] EuRbLaSiAnHoNeY 13 years ago

It's possible that there could have been incest going on.

"She's just mad cuz her man is on me"

[–] zraywakeman 13 years ago

.....yup, and what about the 'dirty dance', at the club, with her younger brother, that arouses the Chinaman into rough sex later....

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[–] dwgryph 13 years ago

Not just the dancing, but the whole sponging off him for the dinner but pretending he doesn't exist.

Even if he didn't rape her (and I don't think he did), it was bad enough that he beat her and stole money from them for drugs, don't you think?

[–] Missyrocks 12 years ago

In that scene, no because the mother was there. But I think the clear inference is he's tried stuff with her. He's definitely jealous. Look how he threatened the chinaman & look how he raged over her having a boyfriend.