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am I the only person (spoiler)

posted 17 years ago by zoe-107
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am I the only person who didnt understand who died at the end, besides madame ?
sigh. zb

[–] Foosley 17 years ago

It seems to me that both Madame de... and Donati (her beloved) died. The General fired the first shot (he was described as an excellent shot) and then there were no others - meaning, I presume, that he had done the job.

[–] mac_alain 17 years ago

I go along with what Foosley said.

[–] PillowRock 16 years ago

Right.

The fact that no second shot was ever fired carried precisely the implication that so paniced Louise (remember shortly before she collapses: after she hears the shot, she stops, pauses listening for a couple seconds with growing fear, then asks the rhetorical question "Why is there no second shot?"); namely that Donati was no longer able to pull the trigger to return fire.

[–] MsGallant 16 years ago

I did not even get that madame died.

The end was kind of abrupt.

[–] Stan_wyck 16 years ago

I'm not even convinced that she died! I'll have to watch the ending again to be sure. She often fainted and overcame it quickly. She seemed to have short periods of tachychardia, which are usually not life threatening.

[–] nanlee 16 years ago

In the final scene, didn't the placard with the earrings say they were from Madame - or did the General word it that way? Loved this ending.

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[–] HarlowMGM 16 years ago

She definately is dying - her devoted companion Nanny realizes this and runs from her screaming for help that "she's dying". She also died in the novel albeit a different manner.

[–] look_again 15 years ago

you must only notice that her husband fired the first shot (the offended party) to know that donati was killed (as there is no second shot).

[–] menthos-1 15 years ago

Well, maybe Donati was only injured, like Barry Lindon.