![]() Together in Death: After he dies, Courge becomes one of the ghosts haunting the forest, and is reunited with the ghost of his wife.However, when he sees that the man was too injured to be able to walk, he listens to the doctor's arguments and admits that you can't convict a man just because he has a monstrous appearance. ![]() After the Son Courge accidentally destroys part of his camp, the sergent (having not seen the culprit) immediately suspects Courge because of the rumors spread by Mrs. Ronce impress him and rightfully points out that Courge is not responsible of her brother's death or that he was in no condition to destroy the army's camp. Puppy Love: Manon kisses the Son Courge on the cheek two times in the movie and he's shown to also be interested in her.Our Ghosts Are Different: They have animal heads, can't talk, and it's hinted that only kids can see them.All the other characters aren't named in the movie. Courge is actually the father's family name and we don't learn Mrs. In fact, the only character of whom we know the first name is Manon.We never learn the doctor's name either nor the name of the hero's mother.Courge's son hasn't been given a name.Her brother accidentally set his barn on fire while trying to chase Courge off the building (and shooting at him with a rifle), because he didn't approve of Courge's relationship with his daughter. Ronce hates Courge because she considers him responsible of her brother's death. Ronce's less-than-pleasant personality and the fact that she's a thorn in the heroes' side. Meaningful Name: "Ronce" means "bramble", a fitting name to highlight Mrs.Over the course of the film, she has kissed him two times on the cheek and both kids are shown to like the other's company, but in the end nothing is confirmed. Implied Love Interest: Manon and the Son Courge.Her final scene showing her being chased off by crows and kids throwing snowballs at her is very satisfying. But she sure knows how to act despicably in every scene she's in. Since the driving conflict of the movie is the Son Courge's relationship with his father, she isn't truly an antagonist, and is a nuisance at best. Good Parents: The village's doctor is a good and caring father towards his daughter Manon.Freudian Excuse: Courge is a tough and sometimes abusive father, but it's revealed near the end of the film that his wife dying while giving birth to their son deeply affected his sanity.Courge is stern, rough and sometimes abusive. Foil: When it comes to their parenting methods, the doctor is one for Courge.Death by Childbirth: The hero's mother died while giving birth to him.While Courge thinks of them as messengers of the demons, his son befriends one of them after saving its life and a flock of them helps him call Manon for help during the climax. Clever Crows: Apparently clever enough to learn simple words like "Manon" or "Doctor", and to understand the hero's instructions when he asks one of them to search for Manon and a doctor, and lead them to him.He's sad that his father is dead, but also happy to realize that, even though he was bad at showing it, his father loved him. His son leaves the forest with Manon, implying that he will live with her and her father in the village. Bittersweet Ending: Courge ends up sacrificing his life to save his son and Manon from a fire, but then becomes one of the ghosts of the forest and is reunited with his wife in the afterworld.The soldiers stationed near the village are portrayed as trigger-happy idiots who shoot at birds for fun, but their sergent seems to be a Reasonable Authority Figure and they ultimately never truly antagonize the main characters. When his lover died while giving birth to their son, and he started to lose his mind because of the grief, a storm was raging. There was a flock of crows around the burning barn of his lover's father when he was forced to flee the place with her, while being chased by the father who was trying to shoot him. Ambiguous Disorder: By the end of the movie, it has become clear that Courge isn't completely sane, what with his fear of crows that he regards as messengers of demons and his certainty that demons live in the storm, which he makes a point to confront.The Day of the Crows provides examples of the following tropes: That is until the day that he is forced to go to the nearest village, where he meets young Manon.
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