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The vacuuming scene still confuses me

posted 8 years ago by SquigglyCrunch
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This scene was pretty brief and non-important to the plot, but when one of the twins is vacuuming and the other is just wandering around Mutter walks out of a room and stops in front of one of her sons. They both stand there until the son moves and Mutter walks past. I couldn't tell which was which, but if the boy vacuuming was Elias then how did Mutter see Lukas? At the end of the movie it is stated that she is no longer able to see him and that she's trying to move past him, so she wouldn't be able to see him. And if that was Elias who was wandering around, wouldn't the mother have at least acknowledged the fact that the vacuum cleaner was lying on the ground, on but not being used?

[–] Tyler-A-Arse 8 years ago

I sorta wondered about this scene also. It had to be Elias in front of her as she walked in the room, so that would mean the vacuum cleaner was lying on the floor. So either it wasn't lying there at all, or Mutter simply didn't see it lying there when she walked in and was focusing on Elias.

[–] tlm557 8 years ago

He was clearly looking for the cat. He kept saying "Leo" too.

[–] alatartblue 8 years ago

It was Lukas holding the vacuum cleaner (he is always the one wearing darker colours, up until the scene where they decide to dress identically; he also has a mole on his neck that he can be easily identified by).
By the way, I wouldn't use "Mutter" like it's a name. It just means mother, it's not a character name.

[–] SaliceMcD 7 years ago

How could "Lukas" be vacuuming? Do you mean we're seeing this scene as imagined by Elias?

We know her only as "Mutter," per both the movie and the cast list here. What else to call her?

This scene puzzled me, too; I expected her to yell at E to go back to his chores.

[–] mcr_87 7 years ago

I believe this scene is seen from Elias' perspective. There's a scene directly after Elias runs out of the room just showing the vacuum cleaner on the floor switched on with nobody operating it, which I believe is when it switches back to the 'real' perspective.