Babel

Susan is airlifted to a hospital, While in hospital Richard makes a call home which turn out to be the call at he beginning of the film (and the beginning of the nanny/mexico story) The Nanny is found and goes back to find the children in the desert but they are missing, we are later informed that they were found while a policeman tells the nanny of all her offences (including working illegally in america for 16 years.) The two marrocan children are caught in a shootout with the police after trying to run from them and the older one is shot (presumably dead) the younger one shoots a policman before surrendering. Cheiko tells one of the policmen how her mother died, by jumping off the balcony and how her father was asleep. The Police officer tells her that they aren't investigating her mothers death but instead just wanted to ask her father about a rifle that he once owned and that was recently used to shoot an american tourist in Morroco. Cheiko says how her father gave up hunting when her mother died. Afterwards cheiko tries and fails to seduce the police officer, then writes him a note and tells him to read it later. In the lobby the police officer runs into cheiko's father and finds out that the gun was given by cheio's father to their morrocon tour guide in thanks. He tells him about the incident with cheio and find out that infact the mother did not jump off the balcony but shot herself (henc ethe father giving up hunting) The ne. Later the plice officer reads the note given to him by cheiko while the t.v speaks of susan being released from hospital after 5 days. We never find out what the note says though it is probably a suicide note as the father goe sinto the apartment to find cheiko naked on the balocny. The two hug.

Hazax of rodmore

Factual error: You can see on the text message "20h48." But she receives this message during the afternoon (the time is incorrect). (00:27:35)

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Richard: This is your fucked-up country, it's your responsibility.

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Question: Why did the Japanese girl lie about her mother jumping off the balcony? She'd probably have gained the same amount of sympathy from the officer if she had told him about finding her mother after she had shot herself. And why doesn't the father look more surprised that she's naked? He just blinks and hugs her?

Answer: Chieko was traumatized by her mother's death (and feels a great need for physical contact and affection) (though she (mistakenly) manifests this in a sexual way...not too unusual in young disabled people). Her father seems to suffer from this same horrific loss, which means that they're both stuck in a kind of "loss-limbo" (unable to satisfy either's needs). On the balcony, the two holding hands suggests the beginning of the "breaking of the ice" between them. BTW, her nudity-in that scene-has no significance. This is just a father and his child. I wish the movie-makers had given us a clue about that damned note. Though the secrecy of it does kind've suggest that it reflects her intent to end her life...even as her mother did. Her appearance in the nude to the cop (which, on the face of it, seems very erotic) challenges us to remember that people exist on "different levels" or expressions (or "ego-states"). The main thing is that she's calling out for affection and being comforted.

Answer: It's obvious that this girl has quite serious psychological problems. Thus her erratic behavior, of which her father must also have some experience already.

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