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* {{Bookends}}: The first and last scene of the movie involve a mute child doing sign language towards the camera.

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* {{Bookends}}: The first and last scene of the movie involve a mute deaf child doing sign language towards the camera.

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* AdultFear: The couple in the FilmWithinAFilm section gets freaked out when they see their little son climbing about on a ledge.


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* ThePrecariousLedge: The couple in the FilmWithinAFilm section gets freaked out when they see their little son climbing about on a ledge.
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* AbusiveParents: Anne hears a girl screaming and parents shouting in her apartment building. Soon later the girl is dead. Draw your own conclusions.

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* AbusiveParents: Anne hears a girl screaming and parents shouting in her apartment building. Soon [[spoiler:Soon later the girl is dead. dead.]] Draw your own conclusions.



* FailureToSaveMurder: Played with. Anne received a note that mentions the little girl in her apartment block being in danger. Yet she did not act on it and later we see Anne and the old neighbor attend the funeral of said girl.

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* FailureToSaveMurder: Played with. Anne [[spoiler:Anne received a note that mentions the little girl in her apartment block being in danger. Yet she did not act on it and later we see Anne and the old neighbor attend the funeral of said girl.]]
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** Georges is once again returning from a war torn country.

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** Georges is once again returning from a war torn war-torn country.



* LeaveTheCameraRunning: A trademark of Haneke. A couple of scenes drag on with little to no action taking place like the ploughing scene at the farm land where the tractor leaves the frame but the camera keeps shooting the empty field for another 35 seconds.

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* LeaveTheCameraRunning: A trademark of Haneke. A couple of scenes drag on with little to no action taking place like the ploughing plowing scene at the farm land farmland where the tractor leaves the frame but the camera keeps shooting the empty field for another 35 seconds.
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* ShortTitleLongElaborateSubtitle: The movie's long title is ''Code Unknown: Incomplete Tales of Several Journeys''.
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* AdultFear: The couple in the FilmWithinAFilm section gets freaked out when they see their little son climbing about on a ledge.
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* AbusiveParents: Anne hears a girl screaming and parents shouting in her apartment building. Soon later the girl is dead. Draw your own conclusions.


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* NoEnding: The plot has no resolution.
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''Code Unknown: Incomplete Tales of Several Journeys'' (French: ''Code inconnu: Récit incomplet de divers voyages'') is a 2000 film directed by Creator/MichaelHaneke and starring Creator/JulietteBinoche.

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''Code Unknown: Incomplete Tales of Several Journeys'' (French: ''Code inconnu: Récit incomplet de divers voyages'') is a 2000 film [[FrenchFilms French]] drama directed by Creator/MichaelHaneke and starring Creator/JulietteBinoche.
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* ShortTitleLongElaborateSubtitle: The movie is known as ''Code Unknown'' but it's actually titled ''Code Unknown: Incomplete Tales of Several Journeys''.

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* ShortTitleLongElaborateSubtitle: The movie movie's long title is known as ''Code Unknown'' but it's actually titled ''Code Unknown: Incomplete Tales of Several Journeys''.
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* HereWeGoAgain: The film clearly implies a cyclical nature to the lives of these people. At the end:

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* HereWeGoAgain: The film clearly implies a cyclical nature to the lives of these people.the main characters. At the end:
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* DoubleMeaningTitle: The reason for the whole chain of events surrounding the humiliation of Maria only occurs because Jean does not know the code for Anne and Georges' door. Besides that primary meaning, ''Unknown Code'' also seems to point to the lack of of a key for the proper communication between different characters and ethnicities.

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* DoubleMeaningTitle: The reason for the whole chain of events surrounding the humiliation of Maria only occurs because Jean does not know the code for Anne and Georges' door. Besides that primary meaning, ''Unknown Code'' ''Code Unknown'' also seems to point to the lack of of a key for the proper communication between different characters and ethnicities.
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* AloneWithThePsycho: The FilmWithinAFilm features a scene where Anne is being trapped in a room by the psycho.

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* AloneWithThePsycho: The FilmWithinAFilm features a scene where Anne is being trapped in a room by with the psycho.''Collector''.
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* HereWeGoAgain: The film clearly implies a cyclical nature to the lives of these people:

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* HereWeGoAgain: The film clearly implies a cyclical nature to the lives of these people: people. At the end:



* LeaveTheCameraRunning: A trademark of Haneke. Some scenes drag on with little to no action like the ploughing scene on the farm land where the camera keeps its focus on the field for another 35 seconds after the tractor has left the frame.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Amadou, who tries to stand up for the Romanian beggar but his actions lead to her deportation.

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* LeaveTheCameraRunning: A trademark of Haneke. Some A couple of scenes drag on with little to no action taking place like the ploughing scene on at the farm land where the tractor leaves the frame but the camera keeps its focus on shooting the empty field for another 35 seconds after the tractor has left the frame.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Amadou, who Amadou tries to stand up for the Romanian beggar but his actions only lead to her deportation.



* ProsceniumReveal: The pool scene is revealed to be part of the film-FilmWithinAFilm as the reel suddenly stops and the actors get up in front of the canvas to do their dubbing work.

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* ProsceniumReveal: The pool scene is revealed to be part of the film-FilmWithinAFilm FilmWithinAFilm as the reel suddenly stops and the actors get up in front of the canvas to do their dubbing work.



* UnderwaterKiss: Downplayed. In the pool scene of the FilmWithinAFilm Anne and the other actor share a kiss while surfacing.

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* UnderwaterKiss: Downplayed. In the The pool scene of the FilmWithinAFilm opens with Anne and the other actor share sharing a kiss while surfacing.
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''Code Unknown: Incomplete Tales of Several Journeys'' (French: ''Code inconnu: Récit incomplet de divers voyages'') is a 2000 film directed by Creator/MichaelHaneke and starring Creator/JulietteBinoche.

In Paris, one incident is seen through the eyes of several people -- Anne (Juliette Binoche), a stressed actress thirsty for success; her boyfriend Georges, who is a photographer; Romanian immigrant Maria, who is not legally allowed to work in France and Amadou, a caring teacher who is sympathetic to marginalized people. All become swept up in racial tensions and legal issues that stem from a single, careless act of littering.

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* AloneWithThePsycho: The FilmWithinAFilm features a scene where Anne is being trapped in a room by the psycho.
* {{Bookends}}: The first and last scene of the movie involve a mute child doing sign language towards the camera.
* DoubleMeaningTitle: The reason for the whole chain of events surrounding the humiliation of Maria only occurs because Jean does not know the code for Anne and Georges' door. Besides that primary meaning, ''Unknown Code'' also seems to point to the lack of of a key for the proper communication between different characters and ethnicities.
* FadeToBlack: A trademark of Haneke. All scenes cut black before new scenes start.
* FailureToSaveMurder: Played with. Anne received a note that mentions the little girl in her apartment block being in danger. Yet she did not act on it and later we see Anne and the old neighbor attend the funeral of said girl.
* FilmWithinAFilm: Several sequences show Anna being busy shooting a movie called ''The Collector''. We see snippets of the final movie (pool scene) and Anne in post-production doing dubbing work.
* TheGlassesComeOff: The old Arab in the metro takes off his glasses and hands them to Anne before confronting the bully.
* HereWeGoAgain: The film clearly implies a cyclical nature to the lives of these people:
** Georges is once again returning from a war torn country.
** Anne once again does not answer her phone, as something she says at the beginning informs us, 'In the bath I can't hear the phone.'
** Maria is back in the place she was deported from doing exactly as before.
* LeaveTheCameraRunning: A trademark of Haneke. Some scenes drag on with little to no action like the ploughing scene on the farm land where the camera keeps its focus on the field for another 35 seconds after the tractor has left the frame.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Amadou, who tries to stand up for the Romanian beggar but his actions lead to her deportation.
* TheOner: All segments are shot as single takes, with some lasting as long as over seven minutes.
* ProsceniumReveal: The pool scene is revealed to be part of the film-FilmWithinAFilm as the reel suddenly stops and the actors get up in front of the canvas to do their dubbing work.
* RealityHasNoSoundtrack: There is no soundtrack apart from flute music and drums being played in-universe.
* ShortTitleLongElaborateSubtitle: The movie is known as ''Code Unknown'' but it's actually titled ''Code Unknown: Incomplete Tales of Several Journeys''.
* ShoutOut: Anne's FilmWithinAFilm shows numerous parallels to the 1965 movie version of ''Literature/TheCollector'', starting with the title.
* SilentCredits: A trademark of Haneke. The opening and closing credits run in silence. In fact, there is [[RealityHasNoSoundtrack no score in the entire film]] apart from the drumming.
* SliceOfLife: Many scenes involve day-to-day activities like going shopping, ironing clothes, giving drumming lessons or doing farm work.
* UnderwaterKiss: Downplayed. In the pool scene of the FilmWithinAFilm Anne and the other actor share a kiss while surfacing.
* WalkAndTalk: Done in the first scene after the opening where Anne and Jean walk and talk down a Parisian street. Lampshaded by Anne:
-->'''Anne''': Look, I'm in a hurry. Tell me what's wrong as we walk.
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