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posted 9 years ago by fuguette
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I was left wondering two things, mainly, after the end.

1. Why did Louise perform a ceremony when she ate the rabbits? Complete with a book of Latin, a chalice, and painting symbols in blood on the cave walls?

It seemed like they were throwing in red herrings throughout to make us wonder what, exactly, she was. The glimpse of her looking wolf-like suggesting she's a werewolf, the reference to her sunlight sensitivity to make us think she's a vampire. The photo is perhaps to make us think she's a ghost, and the ritual to make us think she's a demon or witch. The wolf is explained by the "evolutionary creatures" bit, the sunlight sensitivity could just be a side-effect of her medication, and the photo could just be a coincidence, but the ritual was really prominent and specific to be left with no explanation.

2. What was up with the lemon/orange grove?

Is this just a thing that happens in nature sometimes, like Angelo said? It seemed like it was going to be tied into Louise's genetics somehow, but I guess it was supposed to be a metaphor for something—perhaps the fact that Louise is always half "herself" and half the person she has sex with to regenerate herself.

[–] big_hair_x 8 years ago

Good questions.

I'm not sure about the first one except, as you suggest, to be a red herring. I seem to recall her saying something about trying/researching everything to understand it and it seemed like the point of the ritual was to calm the changes somehow, with the rabbits being back up to date her hunger if it didn't work. That was my (possibly) flawed interpretation anyway.

As for the orange/lemon tree, that's a real thing that can happen. It probably was a metaphor though it was too deep for my understanding, however multi fruited trees are very much a real thing:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_of_40_Fruit

That's one example. I've heard of others that, I think, are made in different ways. It's fascinating how it happens.

[–] Professicchio 8 years ago

1) She was trying to get rid of her 'curse'; since there is tons of literature written (and lost in time) about mythological creatures and how to deal with them, it's safe to assume it was a ritual she learned or read about through the centuries and one of many she has performed.

2) Cross-breeding among different tree species is a common practice in Southern Italy (especially Apulia where this was shot), it's basic knowledge passed through generations of peasants and it's actually easier than you'd think.
You can see it as a visual metaphor for Louise's condition, as she explains later she possesses the genetic imprint of several creatures from a bygone era, and they tend to 'pop up' in that particular stage of her life.

[–] urbgirl 7 years ago

The old farmer says the "old" tree uses the "new" tree to continue surviving. It represents what she does to each new, next generation male to impregnate her so she can continue to generate. I thought this movie was crap, by the way.

[–] northernlad 7 years ago

I'm not sure it was crap...but I didn't think it as all that great either. Overall...kind of disappointed with it.

If there is a Muslim ban, they can pretend they're Christians. You know, like Republicans do.

[–] MovieManCin2 (26342) 6 years ago

I really have no clue. This was one f***ed up film. BUMP.

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