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Is the Newspaper Girl also a guardian angel?


At one point in the film, Vidar and the newspaper girl are talking and they say to each other "you aren't what you say to be" (or something like that). May be because I watched this late last night, but I swear this exchange happened. I haven't seen anything on the net about the girl being an angel, but from her interactions with other characters, I can only assume? She is the guardian angel of Bobbie's family?

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Thought it Was you arenwho you say you are, not what.

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The Black newspaper girl COULD be interpreted to be a "guardian angel", of sorts.

Overall, that would fit in with the "dream-like" quality, or theme of the film. At certain points in this film, it becomes difficult to really know what is "real" and what is just a "dream". The "prophetic" dreams of Vidar is one example. The very unlikely "dream" of Asa and Leon to reunite in 15 years if neither has found a romantic partner by that time is another example. The term, the concept of "Hawaii" has a dream-like quality in this film, Hawaii being the "dream destination" of escaped convict Tryve, and "Hawaii" being the name of the cafe where Tryyve's brother, Leon and Asa reunite after many years, thereby realizing a "dream: of sorts. The ending is rather dream-like too because although it first looks like it was Leon who was struck by the ambulance, it finally turned out to be Vidar. The desperate father in need of cash to get a life saving operation for his newborn son, and then just finding a big bag of cash lying near a trash can in the park, was like "a dream come true" for him, for sure.

So, an interpretation of the Black newspaper girl as a "guardian angel" for certain characters in the film fits in with other "dream-like" aspects of this film.

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