They are two different worlds whose starkly contrasting perspectives on life form the core of the film.
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Love here is way too abstract for any kind of physical embodiment.
The opening moments alone comprise an extended love scene between a 17-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl.
Howard is shown to be quite a libidinous duck who reads a magazine called Playduck and attempts and nearly succeeds in seducing human Lea Thompson.
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The message, which was sent to a school friend, claimed the alleged paedo had touched her bum and private parts.
They make violent love as Helene asks her son to physically hurt her by cutting her abdomen and as his masturbation reaches its climax, she slits her own throat.