Loads of questions about Camille...

I haven´t seen the movie, but I read the book.
IF you want to read the book, stop reading my post. It would be "spoilerama" for anybody who hasn´t read the book...


Camille had a really bad childhood with her psychotic mother who tried to commit suicide on a regular basis. Her father left the family and came to visit on sundays.
He came back after some time, so that Camille wouldn´t be as hurt. Soon after that he "fell" from a building. As Camille puts it, he wasn´t looking where he was walking and literally fell off the roof.
Camille stopped speaking for some time after that and she almost stopped eating, because her mother wouldn´t leave her alone during dinner, always making cruel remarks about how Camille missed her father and was so like him and so on.
I guess you could say that Camille stops eating all but the most necessary food when she´s sad...and she´s sad a lot.
The remakr about the hug is actually Camille quoting Franck. He had told her about his equally miserable childhood and had told her before that she would want to give him a hug if he told her.. :o)
How could she go on living With Franck and Philou? How could she not?? She was lonely and she almost died living in that hole. Philou genuinely cared for her. I think that was a first in her life..and she soon realized that he was just as lonely as she was...
As for Camille and Franck, I think they were attracted to each other from the beginning, but wouldn´t let themselves act on it. Franck was jealous, because Philou had someone else to talk to now, somebody better suited for him.
And Camille only saw Franck´s rudeness and general bad attitude until she worked with him. Seeing him in "his element" made her see him differently.

I don´t think I am doing a good job answering your questions, though..sorry!