One Thing I didn't understand even after a second viewing
Does anyone know the answer? Maybe if you read the book?
My question is, it's obvious that man in the beginning, who was apparently the boy's father but was married to someone else, was abusive. So when he was leaving, why were the boy and his mother running out and acting like they didn't want him to leave? And why did she chase after him, then suddenly decide to kill herself and didn't even say anything to her son? He could have been killed, too, if he hadn't gotten out. Was that what she wanted?