was sophia real ?? - Silent House (2012) Discussion

[–] amplifyourgrief 12 years ago

I think Sophia was a friend of sara's who had also been molested by her father, but I don't think she was actually there.. She was part of what little Sara remembered

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[–] dead_doll00 12 years ago

No, I don't believe she was, because Sara had no recollection of her whatsoever. I think Sophia (and both girls' names start with S) is a dissociative duel personality triggered by---

**SPOILERS**

--Sara's sexual abuse by her family. Sophia is the part of her that knows and remembers what happened to her as a child and is trying to trigger that memory in Sara so that she can come to terms with it and begin to mend her life.

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[–] SWLinPHX-2 12 years ago

Yes, remember when Sophia got cut when Sarah pushed her down and then Sarah magically got cut and started bleeding in the same exact place on her own body?

A couple things though:

I thought her force feeding him the beer bottle was a metaphor for the fellatio she was forced to perform on him. But I also think it was that the two men were drunk when it happened and also that she buried and suppressed the memories through drinking herself.

Also, there were two men around the pool table (two sets of legs seen) right, during the molestation scene of the girl in the ballerina tutu? That was her and her uncle when she was young, right?

Who was the "monster-man" we saw walking around with the little girl? Who did he represent, how she saw her father or something else?

Finally, wasn't the father's eye socket all torn out and bloody when she first "found him" on the floor?

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[–] ajnemajrje 12 years ago

I think the monster man was meant to represent her rage and was forcing her to remember.

When they show the him dragging the uncle into the room suddenly she realises that it is her dragging the uncle.

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[–] fiatlux-1 12 years ago

When they show the him dragging the uncle into the room suddenly she realises that it is her dragging the uncle.

I didn't understand that part. Why was she watching herself as a child, dragging her uncle?
Where was she dragging him from (assuming this is a memory she is 're-living"?)

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[–] SterlingArcher 12 years ago

Exactly, hence the 'stop punishing yourself' line.

**SPOILERS**

When Sarah slashes out at Sophie, the cut appears on Sarah's hand too, and Sophia disappears.

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[–] chrisrocknroll 12 years ago

I took it that Sophia was the girl she could have been if she'd never been molested and was consequently angry about having never been actualized due to the abuse. I drew this conclusion based on the cryptic comment she made: "There's so many things I want to do but I never seem to be able to do any of them." She was the part of Sarah who was aware that she was losing the opportunity to live because of the agency that had been robbed of her by the abuse.

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[–] dg_hurley 12 years ago

me && my husband debated this. he said she was her conscience. i think she was either that, her inner child (all grown up now; also was the lil girl), an imaginery friend that sarah doesnt remember ever having, or a split personality that sarah never knew existed until now. either way, sophia was definitely a part of sarah.

"...he turned & smiled really big & let me tell ya'll, I heard angels sing, no lie." ~dg_hurley

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[–] DaliParton 12 years ago

She was not real.
She was a manifestation of her missing memories.
Her name literally means "knowledge" or "understanding."

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[–] sweetmidori 12 years ago

The director said she is the grown up version of the child she was pregnant with by her dad and was forced to abort.

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