With Gertrude's coughing, the tone of the whole film is gloomy and depressing. For the first time, Sylvia was burnt by a cigarette butt without any precautions and no warning. I don't believe that this woman would act like this under "training". She was really frightened by Sylvia's shouting. One jump, hair on the back, followed by a series of abuse, shuddering.
Gertrude abused Sylvia by protecting his daughter Paula. To protect himself in court, he said the children's testimony was a lie with an innocent, uninformed look, which calmly made my stomach twitch.
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Le Pen said in "The Crowd": "The ferocity of mass emotions will completely disappear because of the sense of responsibility. And reinforcement. Awareness that there will be no punishment—and the greater the number, the more certain it is—and the momentary sense of power that comes from being outnumbered makes the group appear to be Emotions and actions that are impossible for some isolated individuals. So it is easy for groups to do the worst extremes."
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