Why did Hardenberg release Jule from her debt?
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rick-1227 — 15 years ago(November 07, 2010 01:56 AM)
I felt confused by the apparent inconsistency in Hardenberg's character. If he was a duplicitous dick, why did he release Jule from her debt? He didn't have to at that point. Up until the police raid, I completely believed his sympathy and affection for the Edukators. I even half expected him to move to the country and raise goats. However, after that gesture, his turning them in made no sense to me. Perhaps, had he not given her the note I could have believed that he was just playing them (and me) very well. But why the debt release??
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marinlaurentiu — 15 years ago(November 18, 2010 01:29 PM)
good question. It is a possibility that they agreed to call the cops at the time they were already gone. and he let them borrow his boat at the end of the movie. Well, at least this is the end i would like. (however the not on the wall, when the police breaks in tells a different story )
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arboni23 — 15 years ago(November 28, 2010 12:53 PM)
He released her from her debt to doubly assure them that he was on their side,and to make it even less likely that they would flee.Just because he had convinced you,it doesn't follow that he was fully satisfied that he had convinced them,so he added this touch.
As far as the debt is concerned,(to the extent that it mattered),the law would have seen the ruse as quite understandable and non-binding,meaning she would still have to pay. -
etc-946-389106 — 15 years ago(January 09, 2011 06:27 PM)
Or it could be that he, Hardenberg, just changed his mind. It could very well be that he actually meant what he said and did during his time as a hostage, but when he got back home, and sat for a while, thinking, he didnt have the guts to follow through.
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Violet_Loves_Iliona — 15 years ago(January 18, 2011 03:41 AM)
Yes indeed,
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I definitely think this is the case. After all, we see him sitting alone on the couch, thinking to himself while drinking (probably very expensive/elitist) scotch. It was only after this that we see the police coming for the film's main protagonists. In light of this, the note makes perfect sense.
I was taken aback by the police when I first saw this film, and the close-up on the note powerfully affected me. All very dramatic, and it made both what we thought was the happy ending, as well as the actual happy ending, somewhat bitter-sweet.
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mr-bryce — 15 years ago(February 21, 2011 09:33 AM)
the things you own end up owning you. his lonely and cozy house came back weighting on his mind and possessed him. the arrogance of youth is to think you deserve to teach people. the arrogance of aging is to think you can still make objective decisions.
some people never change. last line of the movie.
in our society people live by their feelings and then rationnalise them. thats what happenned. old feelings kicking in, contradictory decisions being made. -
Emdie — 14 years ago(February 22, 2012 02:06 PM)
Maybe it was an agreement between him and the edukators. The note Jule received from him was maybe to release her from her debt but it was probably not a note just saying she doesn't have to pay. She shows the note to the 2 others so maybe Hardenberg help them in a way by telling them they could use his boat etc. If not, how would they have known where to find the boad?
Maybe after he changed his mind and that explains the cops intervention. But it can also be a sort of agreement between the edukators and Hardenberg in order for people to hear about them, sort of advertisement.