... the distance between the two in both a literal and emotional sense. To add to this message during the shot the two are shown to be eating in silence, the only noise is the sound of their cutlery. The emotional distance is reinforced again by physical distance between the two, when Samuel has a bad dream and turns to his mother for comfort ... up of dark grey or black tone. In comparison with the few other settings we see within the movie, such as Amelia's place of work which is painted in all white, the house is much duller and clearly implies the depressing atmosphere within the charac...

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