16) “I Can’t Swim”
… Which of course, makes the climax of the breakout so tragic. Cassian and his fellow prisoners are overjoyed to make it to the outside world, seeing that all they need to do is swim away to freedom. And then Kino breaks his heart, telling Cassian he doesn’t know how to. It’s the last we see of him, as Cassian is dragged over the edge by the pull of the mass of other inmates. Did Kino know all a long? Had he forgotten? What happened to him next? We’ll never know.
