Pivotal scene

kobayashi-kelly: That scene with Brody and the dead boy struck me immensely. It was so important to save those three brothers, as if to save their very selves. Peter was crushed. Was it a memory of his father's death? I also wonder why the brothers were leaving before the funeral and had to be called back from the bus to attend the very moving ritual of anointing and cremation, along with the washing in the river, where the father faints and falls into the water. Then when Peter finds out that his child will be a boy, I immediately thought that it might be the reincarnation of the drowned Indian lad. To top it all, Peter had already bought a child's embroidered vest, meant more for a boy a than a girl. It is such continuity that really impressed me. I must admit that I have not cared for any of Wes Anderson's films. This one, strangely, captured my attention. I must review some of Anderson's films now to discover whether I too will be one of his fans.

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