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What's on Camille's back
posted by Maria KellySTAFFMOD on October 15, 2017 at 12:05 PM
In the scene when Camille goes to Greene's dockside to talk to him, everytime the camera focuses on her back, it looks like there's some kind of rash on her back. Has anyone else noticed this?
Reply by bluersun
on October 15, 2017 at 1:09 PM
Been a while since I've seen this, but (someone correct me if I'm wrong) I seem to remember it's a torture burn.
Reply by bratface
on October 15, 2017 at 5:21 PM
From the QOS wikia page:
"When she was a young girl, the opposition in Bolivia sent General Medrano to her house; there, Medrano shoots Camille's father, rapes her mother and sister before strangling them to death, and then smiles at Camille before leaving and setting the house on fire, which is the cause for the burn scars on Camille's back."
Reply by Renovatio
on October 16, 2017 at 10:01 AM
I was waiting for someone to say it was an allergic reaction to Craig's touch .... haha... but I guess we're not at that level of delusional Craig Bond hate in this forum... yet. ;)
Reply by bratface
on October 16, 2017 at 2:06 PM
Well not from me, I love Craig's Bond!
Reply by Maria Kelly
on October 17, 2017 at 2:24 PM
Thanks for the answers to my question.
Reply by DRDMovieMusings
on November 24, 2023 at 5:11 PM
It also speaks to why she cowered in the burning building after killing Medrano — she was flashing back to being a child in the fire that destroyed her home. Bond comforted her with the same posture he comforted Vesper.
But, note - whereas, in Casino Royale, Bond comforted Vesper in water (the shower) but could not save her from drowning in water, here in Quantum of Solace, he comforts Camille in the fire, and then saves her from the fire.
Vesper represents loss for Bond; Camilla is a kind of redemption for Bond.
Reply by SecretaryIMF
on December 15, 2023 at 11:54 AM
@DRDMovieMusings: Very good post! I completely agree with you.