Suicide or murder?
Didn't quite catch if the guy was murdered or committed suicide (by sticking a knife into his own stomach?!?!). Somebody clear that up for me, please?
shareI know this question is ancient but he was murdered. The rest of the movie involves the priest and the woman figuring out whodunit (among other things).
"Oh God, I hate this. This tone in my voice? I dislike it more than you and I'm closer to it"-Anya
He's not referring to the guy at the beginning, Amil, aka Stuart Chase (David Strathairn), but rather Maureen's straying husband, Dan Phelan (Peter Crombie). This is the guy the Catholic priest (Tommy Lee Jones) visited in the hospital and he, Dan, confessed his struggles & guilt to him. Yes, it appears, he was trying to commit suicide. The guy at the beginning, on the other hand, was stabbed by an unknown assailant (solved by the end).
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