The mother, Louise, is self-conceited, and admires herself when she looks at her own reflection in her mirror, or perceives the perfect body and face of her son, Patrice. She only cares for her beautiful, yet idiotic son, and not her ugly daughter, Isabelle-Marie. She cherishes and loves Patrice’s beautiful image, and takes care of him as if he is a baby. She does not love Patrice for the person he is, nor does she have the natural love of a mother/son relationship, but only love for his appearance and beauty. When Louise is worried about her son, she only worries about his appearance. Louise’s delusional and empty love for her son was proven as her “love” quickly diminished when Patrice h

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