Continuity mistake: When Pelle is reminding Christian that it is Dani's birthday, in one shot there is nothing behind Pelle, but when the camera changes angles, Pelle is suddenly standing behind a support column. (Director's Cut). (00:54:23)
Continuity mistake: Just after Inga walks out of the main house after first looking at Mark, he turns around to look outside towards her. His left hand is at his side when he turns, but in the next shot, his hand is suddenly touching the back of his trousers. (00:55:05)
Continuity mistake: When Pelle tells everyone tomorrow will be the first of the ceremonies, Christian asks "what's that" after Pelle tells them it will be Attestupan. The time on Christian's watch is around 1:48 when he asks this. Christian then takes out his phone and the time on it is 11:55. (00:56:55)
Continuity mistake: When Christian takes out his phone to look up Attestupan, he is holding it with his right hand and his left index finger is lightly touching it. Then it cuts to a close-up shot of the phone and it is being held with both hands. (00:57:00)
Continuity mistake: When Josh asks Pelle if he's not talking about an actual Attestupan before going to bed, Christian looks over to him asking him if he knows what it is. The duvet on Josh's bed is going over the edge of the bed. Dani then asks "Is it scary", and when the shot cuts back to Josh, the duvet is entirely on the bed. (00:57:10)
Continuity mistake: In the first shot of the Hårgas looking up at the cliff, when the camera pans over to Dani, Christian, Pelle and Josh, Pelle is standing a couple of feet away from the other three. When the camera changes angles to the cliff, Pelle is standing right next to the other three. (01:05:55)
Continuity mistake: When the female elder is standing at the edge of the cliff, in an overview shot of the Hårgas, Dani, Christian, Josh and Pelle's shadows are in front of them. A couple seconds later, when the camera is slightly panning down on the four, their shadows are to the right of them. (01:08:55)
Continuity mistake: When Dani is looking at Simon and Connie complaining to Ingemar after the female elder jumps off the cliff and they turn back to face towards it, Christian says "Oh my God" realising the male elder is about to jump off. At this moment, he has his left hand over his mouth and his right hand by his side. The shot then cuts and Christian now has his right hand over his mouth and his left hand on his chest. (01:10:55)
Continuity mistake: When the male elder steps onto the edge of the cliff before jumping, there is a a shot of Dani, Christian and Josh where their shadows are behind them. It then cuts to the elder for a few seconds, but when it cuts back, their shadows are in front of them. (01:11:15)
Continuity mistake: After the male elder jumps off the cliff, there is a string used to tie his collar shown on his clothes when he is on the ground. The string is on the right side of his chest when he lands, but when his head gets smashed with a mallet seconds later, the string is on the left side of his chest. (01:11:40 - 01:12:35)
Continuity mistake: When the male elder is lying on the ground after jumping off the cliff, there is nothing on the ground around his head. When he realises that his leg has broken off and the Hårgas start wailing, there is an additional shot included in the Director's Cut where a rock has suddenly appeared beside the man's head. (Director's Cut). (01:11:40)
Continuity mistake: When the male elder fails to die after jumping off the cliff, a few of the Hårgas walk over to him to smash his head with a mallet. When the first Hårga hits him on the head, there is a visible bloody injury caused by the hit. When the second Hårga goes to hit him, just before his head breaks apart there is no sign of the first hit. (01:12:30)
Continuity mistake: When Siv is trying to explain to Simon and Connie how the two elders sacrificing themselves works, just as Siv says what they just saw was a long observed custom, Simon has his left hand on his hand and Connie is standing behind Siv with her left hand over her mouth. The camera changes angles and Simon has both hands on his face - Connie has rotated 90° and has both arms at her side. (01:13:30)
Continuity mistake: After the elders have jumped, the braid of the woman that was trying to explain their custom is loose in some shots and not in others. It goes back and forth. (01:13:32 - 01:14:02)
Continuity mistake: When Pelle is talking to Dani after the two elders jump off the cliff, when he takes something out of his pocket for her to smell, there are two strings hanging freely from his collar. In the next shot, the two strings are tied together. (01:22:10)
Continuity mistake: When Dani and Christian are approached by a woman asking them if they would like to join in on a special ceremony, Dani is sitting on the ground and begins to stand by placing her right hand on the ground to help balance herself. The camera cuts to a different angle where she is standing with her arms extended. (Director's Cut). (01:25:25)
Continuity mistake: When Josh is having the Rubi Radr explained to him, just as the Hårga says "which are graded from most holy to most unholy", he is shown gesturing with his right hand. It then cuts to a close-up shot of the book where the Hårga is now pointing towards the book using his finger. (01:45:55)
Continuity mistake: The morning after Josh and Mark are killed, when they are sitting at the dinner table, a Hårga tells everyone that the Rubi Radr was found missing. Pelle's left hand is raised when the man says this, but when the shot cuts, it's on the table. (01:55:35)
Continuity mistake: When Dani, Christian and Pelle are approached by the two Hårgas about Josh and Mark's whereabouts, as Christian says "We have no idea", he is standing right beside Dani. It cuts to an angle behind them and Christian is standing slightly behind Dani. (01:56:10)
Continuity mistake: When Dani is being carried around on a small platform after being crowned May Queen, there is a shot of her where she has her arms slightly extended. It then cuts to a different angle, where her arms are at her side. (02:11:35)
Answer: It's actually a boy named Ruben. It's alluded to him being disfigured due to being the product of incest. In the context of the movie, Ruben is supposed to be an "oracle" who comes up with sacred scriptures, runes, etc. From what I understand, due to his deformities and cognitive disabilities, he's considered to be less "constrained" by typical mental/emotional limitations, and thus more open-minded spiritually. (Basically, they believe that because he's so simple-minded and childlike, he's open-minded enough to able to communicate with higher powers).
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