Luf's 50 greatest,most shocking,unexpected plot-twists of all timre.

Why did he just switch sides? (I think it would have been more effective if he hadn't, because then it could have shown violence on both sides and further underlined the pointlessness of the division). Why did she send her children on what was effectively a wild goose chase if she knew he was in Canada all along? Why didn't the notary just tell them in the first place? Sure, a promise is a promise etc. etc. but it was an extremely convoluted way of having the twins find out the truth, with no guarantee they would actually find anyone able to tell them, in a country where they don't even speak the language. How come she recovered enough to tell the notary everything to write but then died? Won't the twins be in danger after their father knows the truth?

Why did he just switch sides? (I think it would have been more effective if he hadn't, because then it could have shown violence on both sides and further underlined the pointlessness of the division). Why did she send her children on what was effectively a wild goose chase if she knew he was in Canada all along? Why didn't the notary just tell them in the first place? Sure, a promise is a promise etc. etc. but it was an extremely convoluted way of having the twins find out the truth, with no guarantee they would actually find anyone able to tell them, in a country where they don't even speak the language. How come she recovered enough to tell the notary everything to write but then died? Won't the twins be in danger after their father knows the truth?

Loved this because it had excellent performances and was very powerful. I do think it was flawed though, some of it was very hard to swallow.

Firstly i guessed the twist fairly early on, which wasn't that big of a problem as it wasn't just about that and also i wasn't entirely sure of it until it was actually revealed. The things that bugged me a bit were the very convenient coincidences, most of all: Abou Tareq just so happening to get sent to interrogate her, if it turned out he was deliberately sent there because his bosses knew he was her son to inflict additional mental torture on her i would have accepted that. Obviously that wasn't the case tho as it's never mentioned and also she only found out years later by coincidence which would defeat the purpose of harming her with it. While the odds of her and her son following these paths that lead to this are small it is something that i could accept because at least they where in the same country. Which brings me to the worst one, her managing to bump into him at a random pool in Canada, that was ridiculous. If it was standalone i'd maybe take it easier but in addition to that early one i was bothered by it.

Another problem i had while watching was the ages of everyone not seeming right. I've thought about it more and i think it about passes, forgot that she was in prison for 15 years at first. I still think they should have use an older looking Abou for the pool scene though, as he didn't look much older than he was during the rape scene which had to have been 20+ years earlier considering the ages of Jeanne and Simon.

I still liked this alot, those were just some of the problems i had with it. Lubna Azabal gave one of my favourite performances of this decade.

Loved this because it had excellent performances and was very powerful. I do think it was flawed though, some of it was very hard to swallow.

Firstly i guessed the twist fairly early on, which wasn't that big of a problem as it wasn't just about that and also i wasn't entirely sure of it until it was actually revealed. The things that bugged me a bit were the very convenient coincidences, most of all: Abou Tareq just so happening to get sent to interrogate her, if it turned out he was deliberately sent there because his bosses knew he was her son to inflict additional mental torture on her i would have accepted that. Obviously that wasn't the case tho as it's never mentioned and also she only found out years later by coincidence which would defeat the purpose of harming her with it. While the odds of her and her son following these paths that lead to this are small it is something that i could accept because at least they where in the same country. Which brings me to the worst one, her managing to bump into him at a random pool in Canada, that was ridiculous. If it was standalone i'd maybe take it easier but in addition to that early one i was bothered by it.

Another problem i had while watching was the ages of everyone not seeming right. I've thought about it more and i think it about passes, forgot that she was in prison for 15 years at first. I still think they should have use an older looking Abou for the pool scene though, as he didn't look much older than he was during the rape scene which had to have been 20+ years earlier considering the ages of Jeanne and Simon.

I still liked this alot, those were just some of the problems i had with it. Lubna Azabal gave one of my favourite performances of this decade.

I get why they had it happen at a pool - how else would she see the marks on his heel? I get why they had to use the same actor as well, even if he didn't look old enough, because otherwise it would just be some random older man and we wouldn't know why she was so shocked (if we hadn't guessed it already!). But the fact that they had to use those contrivances suggest a flaw in the plotting.

I get why they had it happen at a pool - how else would she see the marks on his heel? I get why they had to use the same actor as well, even if he didn't look old enough, because otherwise it would just be some random older man and we wouldn't know why she was so shocked (if we hadn't guessed it already!). But the fact that they had to use those contrivances suggest a flaw in the plotting.