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explaining the movie

posted 22 years ago by sjohnson717
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Henry Hearst loves his wife, and wants to believe that she still loves him. He admits early in the film, people resent a "normal" person being rich and having such a beautiful wife. He himself is a normal person and as such, has great concern that he will lose his beautiful wife. As a lawyer, he is not overly concerned about her taking his wealth. As a man, he is concerned about her taking away her love forever. In his heart, he believes (or at least, hopes) she will return to him eventually.

Henry’s evasive answers and inconsistencies are his attempts to cover up his dysfunctional home life. In the course of the night’s interrogation, Capt. Victor Benezet reveals all the case details.

Chantal Hearst believes her husband is a pedophile, as evidenced with the scene with her niece.

Victor implies that Chantal led them to the photographs, offering them as evidence. Chantal really does believe him guilty. Thus, their love is truly dead. Why continue the charade?

What breaks Henry is when he realizes that Chantal is convinced of his guilt.

[–] someone80 21 years ago

Yes, that's exactly how I understand the movie.

He really loves his wife , and at the same time he doesn't trust her and he hates her cruelty. He admits he did the 2 crimes because she helped the police to find what can be evidence against him. other reasons would also supposrt his total breakdown, like revealing all his private life secrets in front of an old friend, and the pressure of the two detectives and the embarrasment he will get after being accused of murder.

And also, notice that victor wondered why hearst came without any lawyers during one conversation between them , although he can find more than one who is able to get him out of all this case, may be the man unconsciously wanted to be punished from the beginning.

But there is no way he admits to protect his wife, as she was never suspected.

[–] hermione5674 21 years ago

So, wait a minute I'm confused. I only saw bits and pieces of this movie and I don't really remember the end. So let me get this straight. He ends up confessing at the end, and what........Do they know that he didn't do it? Do they think that he really did? Who ends up actually being the killer?

I have to rent it.

I hope this letter find you, and finds you well.

[–] someone80 21 years ago

Yes, he confessed. But while he was confessing, the cops found the actual killer, who is somebody we didn't see in the movie. The killer took photos of the victims AFTER he killed them ( photos of the victims DEAD) , and the police found the man and the photos in his car. And I remember that they discovered a third victim ( there was only 2 victims when they were investigating Henry).

So, the killer was not Henry , and ofcoarse they knew that at the end.