Weirdly erotic scene...

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It was likely just meant to be the intimate interaction between a husband and wife, when talking about their son's future, nothing more...

My Dad was born in Europe, and, at times, when speaking to my Mom about something personal, they'd speak softly in my Dad's native language, and, I (as a child of Lorenzo's age at the time), used to think of it as being, as Beaver Cleaver would say, "kind of mushy", so, perhaps that's why I view the scene you mentioned as just a intimate moment between married folks, nothing else...

It is likely that the Director was trying to convey the European way of conversing, as my very Parent's did at times, so, to other cultures, perhaps it might come across as being something more in the way you described, but, really, it's just the European way of having a close, private conversation between a husband and wife...

Sad to say, the American way of thinking has become so jaded, that even something as simple as this scene is now understood as being something sexual in nature, in the way you described (though I'm not blaming you personally, just our society's perverted way of viewing everything when it comes to intimate relationships) - mores the pity...

yeah i thought augusto was always being creepy like that.

I had the same feeling. The scene definitely had an erotic feel to it, especially given the expression on Michaela's face.