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Edo's letter to his mother..

posted 12 years ago by bushwah13
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OBV. SPOILERS:

I scanned all the pages on this board and didn't see one topic even mentioning the letter Edo wrote by the pool that he gave to the housekeeper to give to his mother. What contents were in this letter? He obviously had something very important to tell her as he mentioned this too right before he fell on the side of the pool.
Edo became very depressed right after they decided to sell the company and seemed to not be able to find the main people he trusts for support (Mother, Antonio), except for his sister, Betta.
As for other posts regarding Eva holding her stomach at the end, I interpreted this to be her having a miscarriage due to the emotional stress of Edo's passing, but that's probably because I'm a 'glass half full' kinda guy.
If anyone still reads this board and has an opinion on Edo's letter, I would welcome them back to the allure this film conveys. Melodramatic it may be, but I really enjoyed this stylistic, slow-burn, tension-building gem.

[–] lazytime 11 years ago

I think Edo is truly in love with Antonio. I think he felt his mother would be accepting of this because his sister was able to tell their mother about her girlfriend.

[–] jpalmquist-99-955350 11 years ago

I had the same intuition regarding Edo and Antonio, but there really is no solid proof that they were anything other than good straight friends. (If there was an opportunity to show another homosexual relationship or encounter, I would think that they would have taken it.) Edo really does seem to love, or at least be very sexually attracted to Eva, so a potential relationship with Antonio would not make much sense. I definitely would not see it as an explanation for his anger once he figured out his mother's affair- why would he be that mad about someone who he isn't even in a relationship with, especially when already has Eva.

On the other hand, his conversation with Betta alludes to his unhappiness.

[–] jpalmquist-99-955350 11 years ago

Here's the best I can do from what I can make out:

[Dear] Mamma,

Io sono tornato, tu [two words I can't make out]!
Ci vediamo!

Ti amo,
Edo

So that would be:

Dear Mother,

I'm back, you ___ ___!
I'll see you!

I love you,
Edo

So from what I can make out, it doesn't appear to be very significant.

[–] bushwah13 11 years ago

Just checked back on this thread.. Thanks for your above posts, great insight. Glad to see appreciative responses.

[–] garreed22 11 years ago

I'm curious as to why you thought Eva was having a miscarriage? I didn't get that at all-- She calls out each of the family's names, they look, and then she rubs her stomach, letting them know that she is having Edo's baby-- the family name, an heir,... ; after which Elisabetta calls to Emma to tell her, but Emma was gone... I didn't get any miscarriage vibes. Hmmmm. Interesting.

[–] gonnabeabumpyride 11 years ago

I think you are absolutely correct, garreed22. Edo had never told the rest of the family about the baby. Remember when he figured out his mother was screwing around with his friend, Antonio, and had the confrontation with her by the pool, he told her that he had wanted to tell her something very important but now he did not want to tell her. That was the baby news.