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Can't help it. Gotta ask stupid questions.


So there was the scene where Flora sees them. But she is actually looking into an empty room? Or something else that isn't sexual at all? And it's just the way things get edited together.

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Flora does indeed see her mother and Baines having sex.

I'll tell you in another life when we are both cats.

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Do you mean how it was filmed? I imagined the filmmakers had filmed Anna Paquin peeking into the door and then placed a shot of Ada and Baines having sex, blocked out to make it look like a little hole in the door. I doubt the actor herself was allowed to see what was actually going on.

As for the character, yeah, Flora sees them and understands that her mother isn't playing piano all the time at George's.

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I'm sure Anna Paquin did not see what we saw with Baines and Ada. Flora didn't like seeing her mother give her attention to that man so she dropped a hint or two. "How are the lessons going?" "Mr. Baines doesn't play. And sometimes she doesn't play at all."

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