A number of unclear issues


I would also like others to post questions here, things that were not that readily interpreted.

1. Tony, the son of the horseowner, what did he express in the end scene in the stable with the girl he loved? He showed both anger, wish to kill, but also wish to have?
2. Robert Gustafssons character in the discussion group, the guy who lied what he had in the secret hiding, what did he actually learn from the discussion group? Did it end with him being angry and to decide not to reveal anything anymore? And what did he learn regarding to lying?
3. Johan Rheborgs character in the discussion group, the guy obsessed with his own charisma, what did he learn from the discussion group?
4. What significance did it have that the child abusing father in the discussion group, still had the necklace with the name of his daughter? Did he actually regret himself?
5. What did the abused daughter express in the end before she killed her father? Was it love?
6. What made the old woman go back to her husband and leave the Dane? Was it because she realised her husband was quite charismatic after all or because he started to show affectino toward her?
7. Did the old man change his behaviour in the end and started to show his wife affection again, or did he just keep being the same? Did he realise he wanted her and needed to show it to her?

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6-7; Kim and Kelly did an elaborate magic act that was inspired by Truxa (using code words to decide what's in peoples pockets - "A bottle of whisky"); it's an act that requires extra-ordinary memory skill, coordination and communication. You have to work together for years and years to be able to do it. Smulan never intended to leave her husband (she loved both), but both the husband and Perikles were uncertain about entering vee (non-equal polygamous triad) relationship. Essentially, the show was the husband's way of telling Perikles that "you're a johnny-come-lately and you think I'm threatened by you? You can never have the closeness that I have with Smulan after all these years together. Me and Smulan fit like clockwork, that's why we can do this routine."

I thought that scene was very subtly done, very good!

2; I think that Johan (Robert's lying character) came to the conclusions that this form of group "therapy" was not for him, that secrets are valuable in their own right.

3. I think Ernst realized that people misjudged and will often misjudge him. I think he came to see himself like they see him, and I think he found comfort in that they were wrong.

4. Yeah, I think he really regret what he did.

5. She loved him, that's why what he did hurt so much. It's the flipside.

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Excellent explanation, couldn't have said it better myself.

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its not a discussion group. Its a food course.

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