How did Young Sean know where Original Sean died?
I sifted through as many threads/posts as I could but couldn't find this answer. This answer could not have been in the love letters....
Also, when Sean ran to Clifford, it is as though he TRUELY did recognize him. I don't think this could have been conjured up fake emotion, and how would he know who he was? I doubt there was a pic of him with the love letters.
What are the odds that a 10 year old boy, whose name is Sean finds love letters written to a dead guy whose name is.......Sean........... that died.....wait for it..........10 years earlier.
I know what the writer/director was trying to accomplish, but it falls flat because it isn't explained well enough. I don't need blatant, beat-me-over-the-head metaphor or a sililoquy or a narrator, but if you are going to be ambiguous, it should make sense from both perspectives. It was just too jumpy and disjointed....not edited to effectiveness.