What was the point of the groom's infidelity?
What was the point of the groom's infidelity? i dont get the extra layer? to give him reason to stay?
and i thought it was gonna be the mother lol wasnt he talking on the phone with her?
If Anna had stayed married happily, she would be more independent. If Jacob had felt she could handle her own life problery in a solid relationsship, one of the key foundations of him staying would be diminished. When Christian cheats on Jacobs daughter, she is very unhappy and vulnerable. It shows Jacob, how much his family/daughter still needs him in Denmark. It furthermore helps him getting closer to his daughter and by getting closer to her, he also gets closer to Helene.
To answer the last question, I didnt see any romantic connection between Helene and Christian. If you noticed at the start of the movies when Jacob and Jørgen first meet, Christian is flirting with the receptionist(which he later sleeps with) complimenting her dress etc. Later at the wedding we are also told she is his ex-girlfriend.
It's been a while since I watched this film, but at the time I immediately drew a parallel between Christian cheating on Anna with what happened between Jacob and Helene (Anna's mother). Jacob cheated on Helene with her best friend, and that's why she left him and left India. Now the tables are turned and it's his daughter, Anna, who has been cheated on.
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