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Was Lea just stupid or only scarred of things?


Just wondering, because she seems a little retarded and it looks like her sister manipulates her most of the time. What do you think?

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I think it was a little bit of both. There seemed to be a lot more than what the movie explained. The part when Christine recalls the nun rejecting her I interpreted as one of two thing:1. They were molested and Christine tried to tell the nun and the nun didn't believe her, or she showed an interest in the nun and the nun thought it was "sinful." What makes me believe the molestation part was when Lea was having the nightmare she says "She won't leave me alone! I keep running, but she gets everywhere first!"

It is said that the real Lea during the trial Lea was of lower intelligence and Christine was of average intelligence (hence why, Lea got a lighter sentence).

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lea_Papin

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