History Film / Franklyn

''Franklyn'' is a 2008 British film directed by Gerald [=McMorrow=] and starring Creator/EvaGreen, Ryan Phillppe, Creator/SamRiley and Bernard Hill. Split between London and the gloomy metropolis that is Meanwhile City, the plot revolves around an art student obsessed with death, a young man recently left at the altar who is in search of true love, a masked vigilante who stalks Meanwhile City in pursuit of the enigmatic Individual and a father searching for his missing son. As the film progresses, these seemingly unconnected tales are [[HyperlinkStory tied together]] as Preest closes in on his objective.

* VillainousFashionSense: The [[{{Mooks}} Ministry Clerics]] dress in [[NiceHat Tophats]], [[SunglassesAtNight Dark Glasses]], [[BadassLongcoat long black jackets]], and [[PaintedOnPants really tight black pants]].

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''Franklyn'' is a low budget British film directed by independent filmmaker Gerald [=McMorrow=] and stars Creator/EvaGreen, Ryan Phillppe, Creator/SamRiley and Bernard Hill. Split between London and the gloomy metropolis that is Meanwhile City, the plot revolves around an art student obsessed with death, a young man recently left at the altar who is in search of true love, a masked vigilante who stalks Meanwhile City in pursuit of the enigmatic Individual and a father searching for his missing son. As the film progresses, these seemingly unconnected tales are [[HyperlinkStory tied together]] as Preest closes in on his objective.

* [[spoiler:OutlivingOnesOffspring]]: [[spoiler:Peter's daughter died before the start of the film. By the end of the film, his son has died as well.]]

* ActorAllusion: [[spoiler: Yet another character played by [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Bernard Hill]] [[OutlivingOnesOffspring outlives his children]].]]

* ActorAllusion: [[spoiler: Yet another character played by [[Film/LordOfTheRings Bernard Hill]] [[OutlivingOnesOffspring outlives his children]].]]

* {{Expy}}: Preest is a gruff, masked loner in a BadassLongcoat who defies the society he views as corrupt, wandering the streets at night monologuing to himself while engaging in vigilante activities. [[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} Sound familiar?]]

* SinisterMinister: The Individual, head of the shadowly Duplex Ride cult.

* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: [[spoiler:Preest is actually a former solidier driven mad by the death of his sister, for which he holds his father responsible]]

* OnlySaneMan: Preest sees himself as this.

* VillainousFashionSense: The villainous [[{{Mooks}} Ministry Clerics]] dress in [[NiceHat Tophats]], [[SunglassesAtNight Dark Glasses]], [[BadassLongcoat long black jackets]], and [[PaintedOnPants really tight black pants]].

* NeverMyFault: It's implied that [[spoiler:Peter's negligence was the cause of his daughter's death, which he deals with by insisting it was God's will, and this is part of what sent his son over the edge.]]

* PoorCommunicationKills: Sure, Margaret, [[spoiler:leave your husband because he was raping your daughter but don't tell her that's why you did it, get her any treatment, or even acknowledge that it happened.]] That definitely won't screw her up.

* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness:[[spoiler:Preest is actually a former solidier driven mad by the death of his sister, for which he holds his father responsible]]

* VillainousFashionSense: The villainous {{Mooks}} Dress in [[NiceHat Tophats]], [[SunglassesAtNight Dark Glasses]], [[BadassLongcoat long black jackets]], and [[PaintedOnPants really tight black pants]].

''Franklyn'' is a low budget British film directed by independent filmmaker Gerald [=McMorrow=] and stars EvaGreen, Ryan Phillppe, SamRiley and Bernard Hill. Split between London and the gloomy metropolis that is Meanwhile City, the plot revolves around an art student obsessed with death, a young man recently left at the altar who is in search of true love, a masked vigilante who stalks Meanwhile City in pursuit of the enigmatic Individual and a father searching for his missing son. As the film progresses, these seemingly unconnected tales are [[HyperlinkStory tied together]] as Preest closes in on his objective.

* {{Expy}}: Preest is a gruff, masked loner in a BadassLongcoat who defies the society he views as corrupt, wandering the streets at night monologuing to himself while engaging in vigilante activities. [[ComicBook/Watchmen Sound familiar?]]

''Franklyn'' is a low budget British film directed by independent filmmaker Gerald [=McMorrow=] and stars Eva Green, Ryan Phillppe, Sam Riley and Bernard Hill. Split between London and the gloomy metropolis that is Meanwhile City, the plot revolves around an art student obsessed with death, a young man recently left at the altar who is in search of true love, a masked vigilante who stalks Meanwhile City in pursuit of the enigmatic Individual and a father searching for his missing son. As the film progresses, these seemingly unconnected tales are [[HyperlinkStory tied together]] as Preest closes in on his objective.

* {{Expy}}: Preest is a gruff, masked loner in a BadassLongcoat who defies the society he views as corrupt, wandering the streets at night monologuing to himself while engaging in vigilante activities. [[ComicBook/WatchMen Sound familiar?]]

** This trope is only enforced by the fact that [[spoiler:the only other character they each interact with, besides their respective protagonists, is each other at the end.]]

** This theory is supported by the fact that [[spoiler:the Janitor and Sally, both supposedly figments of two separate imaginations, can see each other]].

* [[spoiler:AngelUnaware]]: Both [[spoiler:Sally and the janitor at the hospital]] are implied to be this, seeing as they each appear to the protagonists to guide and impart wisdom, and [[spoiler:no never interact with anyone but the protagonist they are talking to in that scene]].

* [[spoiler:MaybeMagicMaybeMundane]]: Obviously, a lot of what the characters experience [[spoiler:especially Preest]] is revealed to be [[spoiler:the imaginary product of a disturbed mind]], but there ''are'' an awful lot of coincidences...

** This theory is supported by the fact that [[spoiler:the Janitor and Sally, both supposedly figments of two separate imaginations, can see each other]]