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The most immediate function of the subtitles is to establish Matthew’s (and by extension, the audience’s) position as an outsider. The film is predominantly in English, yet key moments of raw emotion, familial argument, or political debate between the siblings erupt into rapid French. For Matthew, who understands French but is not entirely fluent, these moments are partially opaque. The subtitles replicate his experience: he gets the gist, the literal meaning, but misses the cultural nuance, the speed of intimacy, and the sharp, untranslatable edges of native speech. When Théo and Isabelle argue fiercely with their parents, the white text at the bottom of the screen provides a clinical translation of the words, but it cannot convey the furious rhythm, the petulance, or the deep familial hurt. Matthew watches, just as we read, trying to catch up, forever a step behind in their primal, shared language. The subtitles thus become a physical marker of his exclusion from their blood-bound world.

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