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My theory about Guillem spoilers

posted 13 years ago by peteofred
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I have watched [Rec] maybe three times now, I have a ability to re-watch.
I noticed something about Guillem that I thought was interesting, I was just wondering if anyone picked up on it.
Basically I think Guillem had something to do with the penthouse, the priest, the possessed girl, everything.

Now the reasons why:

1. When most of the characters are still alive and are discussing who lives in which apartment I noticed Guillem pipes up, in fact cuts someone off when asked who lives in the Penthouse. I think he says; "A priest, he hasn't been there for months now"

2. Around the same time it is discovered that Guillem is the caretaker or something similar for the building. When asked where the keys for the apartments are kept he takes them to the small glass booth where most of the keys are found. Though the penthouse key is not there.

3. Later when Guillem is dead the few remaining characters find themselves in Guillem's apartment. The characters find the penthouse key in a drawer, why would Guillem keep that one particular key in his apartment?

This could just be me adding 2+2 together and getting 783.
If anyone has noticed this please let me know.
If anyone has noticed anything contrary to what I've said or just something to shoot down my idea please shoot away as I've told this theory to a few friends, and if I could avoid telling other people if I'm clearly wrong it would be helpful to know.

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[–] quirkyrecords 13 years ago

1. He says a man from Madrid owns it, not a priest. That could be the subtitles I had but an important plot point like that wouldnt have been missed in the subtitling I dont think.

2. How do you know the penthouse key is not in with the other keys from the booth? There is no suggestion that the penthouse key is not also there. It also looks like he picks up a bunch of keys.

3. Did you not watch the scene where Angela is trying to open the penthouse door? Pablo says "the key must be in the bunch" and we see a clear shot of a whole bunch of keys and Angela says "which one is it?". The guy who looks after the building clearly has a copy of all the keys for the building, not just that one room.

Nice theory and all, but next time check your facts.

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[–] avia2 13 years ago

next time check your facts.

Was that really necessary?

Whether or not OP is right, it's possible that the priest had stressed to Guillem to leave the penthouse alone at all times.

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[–] quirkyrecords 12 years ago

Yes, anyone who makes a theory should check their facts. Otherwise we all end up with lots of theories and no one knows what is true.

Who is this priest everyone is talking about? No one has mentioned a priest in the film at all, in fact all evidence points to the guy who owns the penthouse to be some sort of scientist. Which could be a legitimate reason for staying out of the apartment.

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[–] kdp90125 12 years ago

The priest could have been from Madrid?

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[–] quirkyrecords 12 years ago

There's no suggestion anywhere that the man who owned the penthouse was a priest. You might as well have said "The plumber could have been from Madrid".

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[–] kdp90125 12 years ago

i am just pointing out that the priest is still a possibility.... though to be honest you would refer to him as a priest rather than someone from Madrid

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[–] quirkyrecords 12 years ago

Sure, but anything is a possibility. There is just as much possibility that it was the pope himself.

If being a priest was important in anyway, and baring in mind you would easily notice someone was a priest, then you would, as you say, refer to him being a priest rather than "a man".

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[–] avia2 12 years ago

I thought Rec 2 clarified that the priest was indeed the owner of the penthouse.

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[–] quirkyrecords 12 years ago

I havent seen rec 2, but the addition of information in a sequel has no baring on the initial intention of the first film.

If that is the case then there is nothing from the first film that suggests that.

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[–] avia2 12 years ago

However, I thought the fact that the tenant is a priest is already implied in the very fact that the possessed girl was being kept in the room and tested, not to mention all those news clippings about the church or possession.

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[–] quirkyrecords 12 years ago

So a girl being kept in a room and tested is an implication that the man who lives there is a priest? And not a scientist?

Just because he may be religious does not make him a priest.

Keeping a girl locked up, press clippings about churches and possession does not point to anyone being a priest.

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[–] peteofred 12 years ago

I believe that while looking over the newspaper covered walls it explains that the girl in the apartment is the girl from the newspaper story. Being that the Vatican was involved in her treatment and whatnot and that the Vatican can only work within the confines of religion as they have no standing in a scientific community that the man from Madrid was a priest. I came to this conclusion via the info in Rec, it was confirmed it Rec2.
Though by reference to yourself saying that info from sequels is not valid I agree with. It would be like explaining how Vader is Luke’s dad based on the info in a new hope.
I think the man from Madrid was using pseudo-religious science to treat the girl's possession, as it apparently was, not rabies.

did you ever pick your feet in Poughkeepsie?

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[–] Psychedelics8 12 years ago

He said a man from madrid who had not been there in years. years. how does a woman with rabies live with no food for YEARS. come on. and PABLO should have just broken her neck in a second and walked out of there.. someone that thin, rabies or not, must have the MOST frail bones ever..

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[–] gothic_a666 9 years ago

It's an interesting theory but if true there is no way he would ever tend the infected people unless he also had a strong death wish.

And I understand Spanish and can tell that no priest is mentioned, it is stated that a man from Madrid owns the attic.

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[–] raf-33 9 years ago

3. Later when Guillem is dead the few remaining characters find themselves in Guillem's apartment. The characters find the penthouse key in a drawer, why would Guillem keep that one particular key in his apartment?

That wasn't Guillem's apartment that was the real attendant's apartment, they went to Guillem's when they were following Cesar, but later when it was only Ange, Pablo and Manu left they went downstairs to find out the real attendant's address so they can get his master key bunch out of his aprtment. Guillem just assisted with the attendant and didn't have any keys, he just knew some were in the booth, it was they themselves who figured out the attendant must have all keys so if you want in to the penthouse you have to find the attendant.

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