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* MeaningfulRename: Bernie [[spoiler: later finds out that his father is called Donald Willis. He likes the american sound of the name and decides to rename himself John-Fitzgerald Willis. However, his mother later tells him that she intented to name him Mickey. It doesn't bother and he renames himself Mickey Willis near the end of the film.]]
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* MeaningfulRename: Bernie [[spoiler: later finds out that his father is called Donald Willis. He likes the american sound of the name and decides to rename himself John-Fitzgerald Willis. However, his mother later tells him that she intented to name him Mickey. It doesn't bother him and he renames himself Mickey Willis near the end of the film.]]
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''Bernie'' is a 1996 French comedy film directed by, written by and starring Creator/AlbertDupontel.
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''Bernie'' is a 1996 French comedy film directed by, written by {{directed by|cast member}}, {{written by|cast member}} and starring Creator/AlbertDupontel.
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''Bernie'' is a 1996 French comedy film directed by, written by and starring Creator/AlbertDupontel.
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* MeaningfulRename: Bernie [[spoiler: later finds out that his father is called Donald Willis. He likes the american sound of the name and decides to rename himself John-Fitzgerald Willis.]]
** [[spoiler: However, his mother later tells him that she intented to name him Mickey. It doesn't bother and he renames himself Mickey Willis near the end of the film.]]
* RampingShot: [[spoiler: After Bernie kills the deputy, we get this shot on a shocked police officer.]]
* ShameIfSomethingHappened: When Bernie asks the garbageman about who his father could be, the garbageman tells him he doesn't remember. Bernie then says that he has a pretty-looking bird [[spoiler: right before eating its head raw.]]
** Later on, a police officer interrogates the garbageman and compliments his bird pets. This quickly upsets him.
** [[spoiler: However, his mother later tells him that she intented to name him Mickey. It doesn't bother and he renames himself Mickey Willis near the end of the film.]]
* RampingShot: [[spoiler: After Bernie kills the deputy, we get this shot on a shocked police officer.]]
* ShameIfSomethingHappened: When Bernie asks the garbageman about who his father could be, the garbageman tells him he doesn't remember. Bernie then says that he has a pretty-looking bird [[spoiler: right before eating its head raw.]]
** Later on, a police officer interrogates the garbageman and compliments his bird pets. This quickly upsets him.
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* MeaningfulRename: Bernie [[spoiler: later finds out that his father is called Donald Willis. He likes the american sound of the name and decides to rename himself John-Fitzgerald Willis.]]
** [[spoiler: However, his mother later tells him that she intented to name him Mickey. It doesn't bother and he renames himself Mickey Willis near the end of the film.]]
* RampingShot: [[spoiler: After Bernie kills the deputy, we get this shot on a shocked police officer.]]
* ShameIfSomethingHappened: When Bernie asks the garbageman about who his father could be, the garbageman tells him he doesn't remember. Bernie then says that he has a pretty-looking bird [[spoiler: right before eating its head raw.]]
**]] Later on, a police officer interrogates the garbageman and compliments his bird pets. This quickly upsets him.
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* RampingShot: [[spoiler: After Bernie kills the deputy, we get this shot on a shocked police officer.
* ShameIfSomethingHappened: When Bernie asks the garbageman about who his father could be, the garbageman tells him he doesn't remember. Bernie then says that he has a pretty-looking bird [[spoiler: right before eating its head raw.
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* BlackComedyRape: Bernie's father is desperate to have buttsex with his ex-wife or any woman.
* CovertDistressCode: [[spoiler: When she has a private moment with Marion, Bernie's mother tells her that she is captive of Bernie while keeping a smile.]]
* DyingDream: [[spoiler: The movie ends with a dying Bernie who dreams of riding a horse in a wild-west kind of setting, along with his parents and Marion.]]
* HostageSituation: [[spoiler: Near the end of the film, Bernie and Marion are cornered by the police in a transformer cabin, and improvise this in order to run away.]]
* DyingDream: [[spoiler: The movie ends with a dying Bernie who dreams of riding a horse in a wild-west kind of setting, along with his parents and Marion.]]
* HostageSituation: [[spoiler: Near the end of the film, Bernie and Marion are cornered by the police in a transformer cabin, and improvise this in order to run away.]]
* MauriceChevalierAccent: Bernie learns english, and speaks it well, but his french accent makes it hard to understand what he says.
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** [[spoiler: However, his mother later tells him that she intented to name him Mickey. It doesn't bother and he renames himself Mickey Willis near the end of the film.]]
* RampingShot: [[spoiler: After Bernie kills the deputy, we get this shot on a shocked police officer.]]
* ShameIfSomethingHappened: When Bernie asks the garbageman about who his father could be, the garbageman tells him he doesn't remember. Bernie then says that he has a pretty-looking bird [[spoiler: right before eating its head raw.]]]]
** Later on, a police officer interrogates the garbageman and compliments his bird pets. This quickly upsets him.
* SwallowTheKey: Inverted. Bernie's father locks himself with his ex-wife in a room and shoves the key up his ass.
* ShovelStrike: Bernie's weapon of choice is a shovel for a part of the film.
* StickyShoes: Bernie has spiked boots for climbing wooden poles.
* RampingShot: [[spoiler: After Bernie kills the deputy, we get this shot on a shocked police officer.]]
* ShameIfSomethingHappened: When Bernie asks the garbageman about who his father could be, the garbageman tells him he doesn't remember. Bernie then says that he has a pretty-looking bird [[spoiler: right before eating its head raw.
** Later on, a police officer interrogates the garbageman and compliments his bird pets. This quickly upsets him.
* SwallowTheKey: Inverted. Bernie's father locks himself with his ex-wife in a room and shoves the key up his ass.
* ShovelStrike: Bernie's weapon of choice is a shovel for a part of the film.
* StickyShoes: Bernie has spiked boots for climbing wooden poles.
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Unrelated to the [[Film/{{Bernie}} american movie]] of the same name featuring Jack Black.
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Bernie Noël is an orphan who was found in a garbage bin. 29 years later, he decides to leave his orphanage in order to move to Paris and find his parents. Things go awry after that.
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!! This Film Provides Examples Of:
* BodyWipe: As Bernie enters a bus, it transitions to a shot of Bernie leaving the subway.
* InUniverseCamera: After Bernie acquires a camera, we see footages of him talking to it as if it was a video log. Later on, many scenes of the film are seen from the POV of this camera.
* MeaningfulName: Bernie Noël was found in a trashcan by a garbageman named Bernie on the day of Christmas (''Noël'' in french).
* MeaningfulRename: Bernie [[spoiler: later finds out that his father is called Donald Willis. He likes the american sound of the name and decides to rename himself John-Fitzgerald Willis.]]
** [[spoiler: However, his mother later tells him that she intented to name him Mickey.]]
* ShameIfSomethingHappened: When Bernie asks the garbageman about who his father could be, the garbageman tells him he doesn't remember. Bernie then says that he has a pretty-looking bird [[spoiler: right before eating its head raw.]]
Bernie Noël is an orphan who was found in a garbage bin. 29 years later, he decides to leave his orphanage in order to move to Paris and find his parents. Things go awry after that.
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!! This Film Provides Examples Of:
* BodyWipe: As Bernie enters a bus, it transitions to a shot of Bernie leaving the subway.
* InUniverseCamera: After Bernie acquires a camera, we see footages of him talking to it as if it was a video log. Later on, many scenes of the film are seen from the POV of this camera.
* MeaningfulName: Bernie Noël was found in a trashcan by a garbageman named Bernie on the day of Christmas (''Noël'' in french).
* MeaningfulRename: Bernie [[spoiler: later finds out that his father is called Donald Willis. He likes the american sound of the name and decides to rename himself John-Fitzgerald Willis.]]
** [[spoiler: However, his mother later tells him that she intented to name him Mickey.]]
* ShameIfSomethingHappened: When Bernie asks the garbageman about who his father could be, the garbageman tells him he doesn't remember. Bernie then says that he has a pretty-looking bird [[spoiler: right before eating its head raw.]]
