Did anyone else find François's transformation...(spo iler)
...from a closeted homosexual, who was scared of being exposed, to a brutal rapist, was a bit unbelievable?
Oh, I do so love the smell of honey on a man's lips!
You have to take in account people in films don't behave the way people do in real life. I suppose it was the inevitable resolution to his unrequited desires. What I found unbelievable was that a university student could not fight off a middle-aged man. Then if he had, it would have resulted in a different film. I can only imagine how terrifying it would be to be raped by a man you've known since childhood!
Not unbelievable at all that he couldn't fight him off. The fact that a person is middle aged does not mean that they have no muscle mass.
shareIt was believable to me. I don't think the typical rapist is how we view them: monsters all the time whose one and only thought is rape. I know there are a few like that, yes. However, I believe there are some like this man, everyday ordinary people, who had no intention of rape until he was actually doing it. I remember an episode of Law and Order in which a teenage guy raped a girl. She didn't do much fighting back, but she said no, and he was so horny he wasn't listening to her voice or body language and just took her.
Of course, with the main character in this movie, it was not much of a surprise, as he was going down the road of obsessiveness.
I can also believe he could overpower this 23 year old. Chris was young, but he didn't look particularly strong. Also, the main character, had served in the military, so he had strength and skills to make this kid succumb.