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He said she was young (spoilers)

posted 8 years ago by kameeleoned_out (60)
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At some point the baron tells Lockhart that he shouldn't be fooled by Hannah, as she just looks like a woman, but she is actually a little girl inside.

Seems to me the context was the exact opposite: she looks like a girl, but she's 200 years old.

And while we're here: why was she considered underdeveloped when she had all the time in the world to become exceptionally mature and wise (a la Interview with the Vampire)? Don't tell me she just went around the fountain feeding fish every day for a few centuries until she realized this guy Lockhart (supposedly ~35, but looked 19) was attractive.

[–] ruffianclone (10) 8 years ago

I wish the movie had explained this better. You could infer that her violent "birth" and incestuous origins resulted in developmental problems. In that way, the baron would sort of be telling the truth when he said early trauma was to blame. I think it's possible to come up with an explanation based on the rest of the movie, but they might have done better just to come out and say what was going on in this case.

[–] mothman (6) 7 years ago

This is the same question I had. If she's mentally 200 years old, how is she so naive? Wouldn't she have figured out the place a long time ago? Wouldn't she have read some books in those 200 years? Talked to the patients? I feel like the movie's answer is "She's just really sheltered."

Side note: This movie really made me miss the IMDb message boards. This is totally a discussion movie. I just joined Moviechat and this movie made me do it.

[–] Jcancelmo (22) 7 years ago

The location, Switzerland, meant she could be sheltered from both world wars

[–] kameeleoned_out (60) 7 years ago

Let's suppose the drug kept her childlike and naive all this time. I wonder if you ever get tired of raising a child for two hundred years, even if you're an obsessed and disturbed mastermind. I know childhood is rewarding but also very difficult for parents, and I wonder if any parent would hang in there for 14x times the normal human duration because they have a plan for it all. :))

[–] Jcancelmo (22) 7 years ago

I think the "cure" she was being fed meant she grew up very slowly. And the location in the Swiss Alps (mountains!) meant it was easy for Vollmer to shield her from government intervention and from both World Wars.