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Why did Alisdair let Ada go so easily after all the trouble he went to in order to 'keep' her 

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Why did Alisdair let Ada go so easily after all the trouble he went to in order to 'keep' her 

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Ada communicates through voice over, gestures, sign language, her daughter, music and the piano 

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Ada communicates through voice over, gestures, sign language, her daughter, music and the piano 

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Because Ada doesn't talk, it is hard to understand/know her feelings for Baines. Even at the end, she purposefully got tangled up with the rope to end her life, so she must not of been completely happy with Baines even at the end.

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Because Ada doesn't talk, it is hard to understand/know her feelings for Baines. Even at the end, she purposefully got tangled up with the rope to end her life, so she must not of been completely happy with Baines even at the end.

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Flora changed a lot throughout the film as at the end she called Alisdair "Father" and at the beginning she said she'd never call him Father. When she finally trusts him and respects him enough to tell him about Ada's message, he betrays her and hurts her mother

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Flora changed a lot throughout the film as at the end she called Alisdair "Father" and at the beginning she said she'd never call him Father. When she finally trusts him and respects him enough to tell him about Ada's message, he betrays her and hurts her mother

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Purposely gets tangled but as she is drowning she finds her will to live

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Purposely gets tangled but as she is drowning she finds her will to live

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I didn't really like any of the characters

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I didn't really like any of the characters

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Alisdair thought he could hear Ada's voice in his mind??

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Alisdair thought he could hear Ada's voice in his mind??

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Confused as the main reason she didn't speak

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Confused as the main reason she didn't speak

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No emotion or sound when her finger got cut off

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No emotion or sound when her finger got cut off

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Janet Frame's sisters drowned and she nearly drowned

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Janet Frame's sisters drowned and she nearly drowned

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After Alisdair cuts off Ada's finger and goes to shoot George he realizes that this situation has made him into someone he doesn't want to be - in his eyes it was his wife that made him turn into a monster which is why he so easily let her go off with George

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After Alisdair cuts off Ada's finger and goes to shoot George he realizes that this situation has made him into someone he doesn't want to be - in his eyes it was his wife that made him turn into a monster which is why he so easily let her go off with George

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Drowns her old self and old life, rebirth out of the water, new life in Nelson.

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Drowns her old self and old life, rebirth out of the water, new life in Nelson.

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What to Baines' face tattoo's represent?

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What to Baines' face tattoo's represent?

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Caress the piano keys and water

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Shows the authority by men by having an arranged marriage. Ada had little control.

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Shows the authority by men by having an arranged marriage. Ada had little control.

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Ada McGrath
Daughter - Flora McGrath
Husband - Alisdair
Creepy dude - George Baines

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Always raining, cold weather, muddy.

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Shots that focus on what the hands are doing ie stirring tea which kind of makes the scene awkward and emphasises the silence 

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Shots that focus on what the hands are doing ie stirring tea which kind of makes the scene awkward and emphasises the silence 

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Overall film made me feel uncomfortable, uneasy, unsure of whose side to be on, annoyed 

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Overall film made me feel uncomfortable, uneasy, unsure of whose side to be on, annoyed 

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Ada and Baines relationship, confusing? Why did she end up falling for him?

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Why does it have to be set in this time period?

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Why does it have to be set in this time period?

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I felt very uncomfortable when the husband cut off her finger

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I felt very uncomfortable when the husband cut off her finger

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Good good relations between Māori and Pakeha

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Large range of shots shown of different landscapes (fields, beach, forest)

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Large range of shots shown of different landscapes (fields, beach, forest)