Especially when explored well and thoroughly. Not only does his light color T-Shirt show no sign of bodily fluids or rotting flesh, in real life the smell of the decaying body on Aiden's clothing and skin would be so overwhelming as to be unbearable, not only to him but to those around him (that's why those who work around crime scenes, dead bodies, etc., wear special disposable bio suits and sometimes must even dispose of their street clothing if it is saturated with the odor of decaying tissue- the smell is that bad).Īn idea can be a powerful thing. Furthermore- immediately after having the corpse directly across his shoulders- Aiden continues his hike in close proximity to his companions. Even an inexperienced person like Aiden would know better than to make close, direct physical contact with a putrefying corpse, which is undoubtedly swarming with bacteria and insects- as well as leaking any number of bacteria laden bodily fluids- creating a highly unsanitary situation. The chances of this happening in real life are extremely unlikely. As Michi cuts the rope, Aiden takes the body in a 'Fireman's Carry' across his shoulders and lowers it to the ground.

Matthee was a notable South African writer who died on 20 February 2005.During their first excursion into the forest with Sara, Aiden & Michi remove a decaying dead body hanging from a tree. For instance, much of the original feeling of powerlessness Saul experiences is missing. If you've read the book, don't expect the same story in the film. The film is based on the novel by Dalene Matthee, which was translated from Afrikaans to more than 10 other languages, although the film differs substantially from the book. When Saul hears about this, he races off to find the elephant first.

One night, an elephant makes trouble and MacDonald tells Saul's brother Jozef to find the elephant and kill it. Millwood becomes a small town with hotels and bars and houses. After a few years (10 in the film, 2 in the book) he leaves MacDonald (and Kate) and joins the first prospectors in the forest, searching for gold. He goes to work in wood-buyer MacDonald's wood yard, where he gets to know MacDonald's daughter Kate and falls in love with her. Tired of being exploited by wood buyers, Saul takes a stand and his father chases him away. Saul Barnard grew up in a family of woodcutters who are scared of the elephants in the forest, but there's one elephant that never seems to threaten Saul.

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