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Did I miss something? (Spoilers)

posted 8 years ago by declangallagher91
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Quite near the end, I think it's the scene just after the police interrogation, when Marianne is walking around the villa calling Paul's name and finds him crouched in the garden, he said something to her that I didn't quite make out. He tells her something, then says, "I tried to save him. I'm so sorry." It sounded to me like he said "I killed him", but her reaction doesn't seem to support that. Then at the very end, after the Marshall pulls them over and she gets back in the car, they sort of laugh in relief and then look at each other very somberly.
So, whether or not he admitted to killing him really changes the tone of the ending. If he did admit it, the look she gives him at the end could be the revelation finally hitting her. Or, if he simply lied again and just said he attempted to save him, that look could be her realizing he must have done it (judging just from his panic at the police pulling them over.) Did anyone catch this? My impression was that Marianne thought he was behind it from the beginning, thus why she immediately asked to call her lawyers in the Marshall's office and why she gave the rather desperate explanation that anyone could have walked up the path to their house from the beach.
Loved the movie, certainly one of my favorites this year. But God did these characters love to whisper sometimes.

[–] sue-534 8 years ago

Paul told her he tried to save him.

[–] bbenet 7 years ago

Was the later scene with Harry a flashback, and what was the relevance? Clearly, I was distracted.

[–] atclubsilencio 8 years ago

She knew he killed him, from her asking about his wounds, to him saying he tried to save him. It then cuts to the argument back stage where she says something along the lines 'It's done, there's no sense being hurt about it.' She wouldn't have turned Paul in, I think in a sense she was relieved he was gone, honestly. Had she not been a celebrity I don't think they would have gotten off that easy, and I think that's what her final look was. At least partially.

[–] mickbanner 8 years ago

I think you hit the nail on the head,

She believes he did it.

She wanted to protect him despite this, getting a lawyer and even placing the blame on migrants that have came to the island

With all the adrenaline rush about police questioning, with all the dust settled, we see her reaction. IS she ready to live with the man that killed a man. A man she loved

[–] blingbling-31561 8 years ago

She definitely knew that he did it. The scene were they take the car from the villa to go to the police station to get questioned, Marianne finds out that Paul has got the keys of the car that Harry left with the evening before. If Harry committed suicide or was killed by the refugees, he would still have does keys in his pocket. It means that Paul and Harry met before he got killed.

I think she knew that they got into a fight about Paul having sex with Pen and Harry with Marianne. She accept it because she loves Paul and doesn't want to change her privileged life.

[–] buzios 7 years ago

But how did Paul get the keys? They were knocked into the pool before they fought. I think Penelope got the keys out of the pool - and she put the album in there.

[–] bbenet 7 years ago

Paul did try to save him with the least effective part of cardio pulmonary resuscitation.

Can't IMDb simply narrow the range of the messages to include aspects of the films??