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fish wrote:And like Bruno says the old man is a pedo in the book
Does the book give him any more background, like how long he had been with Eli and how they came together in the first place?
As it is, Lina Leandersson is clearly a girl!
fish wrote:I agree. Perhaps I'm a bit simplistic but I enjoyed the film very much for what it was without venturing down the pedo/castrati line.
bruno wrote:The film is based on the book but it has to stand on its legs, too.
So the scene when Oskar peeps at Eli changing gives us a necessary explaination: but it's very explicit (very too much explicit and shocking). You can see Eli has a scar where his male equipment should be. Too morbid for my taste.
I'd prefer every other way to be shown this castration thing, sincerely.
As for the pedo guy, I didnt read the book but I know he was with Eli for quite some time, a whole different subplot the film didn't have the time to explore.
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