At the end of the film, when we see the police at the house loading the bodies into ambulences and whatnot, we see some faces pressed up against the fence just before the credits roll. Who are they and why are we seeing them?
shareThey are the gypsy relatives of Jacko, the murderer.
That's how I interpreted it anyway.
I didn't think Jacko was actually a Gypsy though, was he?>>> i thought he was a friend of Steve the boyfriend.
shareNo, Jacko (the killer) was not a Gypsy, Jack was. That's a kind of confusing way to end the film. I suspect they were just curious townspeople gathering to watch the arrest. Maybe the eyes were meant to contrast with Sarah's blindness.
sharewhat was confusing?
jacko the gypsy was not the murderer. jacko the stableman was.
what i got out of it was that in the film, the gypsies were the implied filth ( and after some observations it could be justified), and that they would/are associated with such devious behavior. however, in this case, it is not to be. jacko, not jack, was the perpetrator, not a gypsy, and this film ends with that twist of irony.
shareI suspect they were just curious townpeople gathering to watch the arrest.I think you're right, but given the house is out in the country a fair way, it was an odd scene with which to finish the film and I can understand the OP querying it. share
I was confused by those people as well. It seems a very odd way to end the film, very tacked-on – quite out of sync with the rest of the movie, which was focused and concise.
shareThe murderer was not Gypsy Jack. There were two Jacks. The murderer was the boyfriend's groomsman, Jack.
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