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Spoilers So how did...

posted 15 years ago by thespread
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... that kid die? I left the room for a minute to make a cup of tea, came back and it was his funeral. What'd I miss?

No, no. Psychopaths kill for no reason. I kill for money. It's a job. That didn't come out right.

[–] bettyunicorn 15 years ago

I'm guessing you just watched this on Film 4 like me!

The boy drowned whilst he was in the water looking for fish. The mum just watched like in a daze and only snapped out of it once the teacher was in the water trying to save him.

I think she had some kind of mental breakdown that severely detached herself from the situation. I could be wrong though.

[–] jamieleng 14 years ago

A similar thing happened to me at the same point in the film. The only difference is, I was out of the room expelling from my body a cup of tea I had consumed earlier. I was taking a piss.

[–] ShrinkMD 13 years ago

My interpretation was that she unconsciously blamed her child for keeping her from the man she loved.

[–] denise1234 10 years ago

ShrinkMD^

Actually, another poster said that in the book it explains that she was hallucinating that it was her lover drowning & she passively thought that this would resolve her dilemma -- she didn't realize that it was in fact her son who had drowned until she was in the hospital.

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