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'Breastfeeding' in the garden

posted 7 years ago by robertolshn
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I really did like this film. An effective dark psychological suspense story in my opinion. I was wondering if anyone else questioned this detail:
When Kate gives Theresa the baby to look after so she can spy on her... she's looking down from the window at her in the garden...first Theresa takes the photos of the baby. And then ... she unstraps one of the straps of her top and puts the baby's mouth to her breast as if she is breastfeeding.
Later when Kate is accusing her... she doesn't mention that at all. The first thing she says is that Theresa took the photos and doesn't mention that she put the baby's mouth to her breast? I understand that when the photos are revealed to have been taken for a gift for her, she looses all credibility and is forced to leave. But why not mention the faux breastfeeding first? Is she doubting herself that she really saw it?
I looked at the scene again to make sure I wasn't mistaken. She definitely did unstrap her top and put the baby to her breast. Wouldn't this be the first thing to mention?

[–] JoaquinValley 7 years ago

That would have been the first thing I would mentioned. And grabbed my phone to take a picture of her doing it. Another woman breast feeding my baby is worse to me than her taking his picture.

I was also thinking that that is why the baby is up all night crying. Theresa is always drinking orange juice, when John and Theresa take Kate to lunch they give her water with lemon and Theresa also brings Kate lemonade. It's all the citrus the baby is drinking in Theresa and Kate's milk that is keeping the baby awake crying as the acid is causing pain to the baby's stomach.