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Perhaps a far-fetched idea, but did anyone consider... (SPOILER)

posted 11 years ago by The Hoyk
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At the very beginning of the movie, Peer and Timo watch a loop of a dark haired girl with glasses being molested. Later on, in flashback, we see her again, both as the object of Timo's obsession and as a previous missing girl who was never located.

Am I the only one who is thinking that the missing girl/molestation victim became Timo's wife? She looks younger than him, has dark hair, and while we never see her wearing glasses, seems to have a disturbingly calm reaction to the revelation that there is child porn on his work computer. She is never referred to by her last name, but says that Timo took hers upon moving to the new city because he liked it better.

At the very least, if she is not the same girl, I think it is reasonable to take a "what's beyond" view in that Timo married her because she effectively resembled that first girl he saw in the Super 8 loops.

[–] EricStriffler 11 years ago

I think you're onto something with the notion that he married her because she resembled the girl, that's a fantastic theory and I don't see any reason not to believe it's accurate.

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[–] Dondi0 11 years ago

It's a nice idea but the girl in the Super 8 loop is the killer's previous victim from 1982 as far as I recall. Which Timo will also take the rap for.

I thought for a moment that the pregnant cop was going to notice the similarity between the DVD from the car and the ones in the guy's flat. thankfully they didnt take this tv cop show route as it would've been trite and deprived us of the more powerful and thematically coherehent conclusion.

[–] paudie 11 years ago

I don't think his wife was the girl in the movie. Wasn't there a TV report saying that girl had also gone missing, and presumably never been found.

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[–] masuka-fan 11 years ago

I was expecting the DVD connection to come up as well. I wouldn't be surprised if it "happened" later, after the movie story was over.

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[–] masuka-fan 11 years ago

Maybe the wife simply isn't someone who tends to go into hysterics. We all react to things differently. I didn't think she looked that much younger that Timo and anyway, didn't she go missing before Timo and Sommer met?

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[–] mmaclean-179-422252 10 years ago

I have just finish watching this. I could have been mistaken but I thought that the girl in that video was supposed to be Martina B, who went missing in 1982.

After they found out about Timo and found the DVD Peer had given him they connected him to Martina B's case. Perhaps it was Peer in that video.

[–] spookyrat1 9 years ago

I could have been mistaken but I thought that the girl in that video was supposed to be Martina B, who went missing in 1982.

You weren't mistaken. It is her and she was the 1982 victim.

Regarding Julia's demeanour in the face of the overwhelming evidence stacked up against her husband, you'd think she might have had some sneaking suspicions over the years.🐭

[–] LordManhammer 9 years ago

Timo's wife told the police detectives that the two married shortly after meeting, which suggests that Timo was desperate for a "beard" or at least a wife to make himself feel less like a pedofile and more like a normal married man. This give me the impression that he took the first woman that showed interest, though on the other hand the OP could be right and he charmed the first woman who looked like the girl in the film.

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