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* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Marian Radu, the Romanian boy, smokes cigars and burglarizes shops and cars. Justified|Trope since Radu had a difficult childhood.
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* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Marian Radu, the Romanian boy, smokes cigars and burglarizes shops and cars. Justified|Trope {{Justified|Trope}} since Radu had a difficult childhood.
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''71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance'', titled ''71 Fragmente einer Chronologie des Zufalls'' in German, is a 1994 drama movie made by Creator/MichaelHaneke. The final installment of Haneke's [[ThematicSeries Glaciation Trilogy]], ''71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance'' is the story about several Viennese citizens and how they crossed paths one fateful day at the bank.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* ArmsDealer: A group of young men smuggle handguns out of a military armory and illegally sell them on the black market. [[spoiler:This is how Max gets his hands on one.]]
* ConnectedAllAlong:
** Mrs. Tomek, the bank employee, interacts with a customer that turns out to be her father.
** Hans is a securities officer who delivers money to the bank and usually asks for Mrs. Tomek's countersignature.
** Mrs. Tomek's father and the Brunners watch Marian Radu's interview on the news channel.
** [[spoiler:Mrs. Brunner, Mrs. Tomek, Mrs. Tomek's father, Hans, and Max are at the bank when the shooting occurs.]]
* ContrivedCoincidence: Lampshaded by the title. The main characters are complete strangers that just so happened to meet up at a bank.
* CrapsackWorld: The movie frequently breaks up the narratives of its characters with real news reports of war and genocide.
* DysfunctionJunction:
** Marian Radu is an orphan who ran away from home after dealing with some abusive guardians. His tragic backstory is what persuades the Brunners to take him in.
** Hans and his wife have relationship problems, and Hans slaps his wife at one point.
** Mrs. Tomek's father feels that he is a burden to his daughter and that he is growing distant from the rest of his extended family.
** It is implied that the Brunners are infertile, which is why they adopt Anni as their daughter and temporarily take Radu under their wing.
** Max is a nineteen-year-old who considers jumping from his dorm's window to commit suicide. In addition, he is not good at dealing with stress as noted in his talks with his ping pong coach and the gas station manager. [[spoiler:He is also responsible for killing multiple people at the bank.]]
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The movie is made up of 71 fragmented scenes.
* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent:
** Max and his friend play a game of Mikado with Max's friend betting his expensive watch. Later, Max checks his watch for the time, implying that he won the game.
** Mrs. Brunner, Mrs. Tomek, Mrs. Tomek's father, Hans, and Max go to the bank for various reasons. Because the aforementioned characters mostly have no connection to one another, they usually appear in the background while story focuses on the current viewpoint character.
* MurderSuicide: [[spoiler:Max kills three people before shooting himself.]]
* OnceMoreWithClarity: A sequence of shocking news reports plays again at the end of the movie, revealing that [[spoiler:Max's bank rampage was just another news segment and was depressingly not the most tragic event of the day since the newscaster immediately starts talking about the Bosnian War]].
* RotatingNarrator: After each scene, the narrative usually goes into another character's perspective.
* SilentConversation: The Brunners' first meeting with Radu has no audio.
* SliceOfLife: Up until the [[spoiler:bank rampage]], the movie focuses on the everyday lives of its main characters.
* SmashToBlack: Every 'fragment' ends with an immediate black screen.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Marian Radu, the Romanian boy, smokes cigars and burglarizes shops and cars. Justified|Trope since Radu had a difficult childhood.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: An impatient driver yells at Max for blocking the gas station exit. [[spoiler:This is the final straw that convinces Max to shoot up the bank.]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:While the victims' families and/or associates get some focus, the story doesn't follow up on their fates after the bank shooting.]]
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''71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance'', titled ''71 Fragmente einer Chronologie des Zufalls'' in German, is a 1994 drama movie made by Creator/MichaelHaneke. The final installment of Haneke's [[ThematicSeries Glaciation Trilogy]], ''71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance'' is the story about several Viennese citizens and how they crossed paths one fateful day at the bank.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* ArmsDealer: A group of young men smuggle handguns out of a military armory and illegally sell them on the black market. [[spoiler:This is how Max gets his hands on one.]]
* ConnectedAllAlong:
** Mrs. Tomek, the bank employee, interacts with a customer that turns out to be her father.
** Hans is a securities officer who delivers money to the bank and usually asks for Mrs. Tomek's countersignature.
** Mrs. Tomek's father and the Brunners watch Marian Radu's interview on the news channel.
** [[spoiler:Mrs. Brunner, Mrs. Tomek, Mrs. Tomek's father, Hans, and Max are at the bank when the shooting occurs.]]
* ContrivedCoincidence: Lampshaded by the title. The main characters are complete strangers that just so happened to meet up at a bank.
* CrapsackWorld: The movie frequently breaks up the narratives of its characters with real news reports of war and genocide.
* DysfunctionJunction:
** Marian Radu is an orphan who ran away from home after dealing with some abusive guardians. His tragic backstory is what persuades the Brunners to take him in.
** Hans and his wife have relationship problems, and Hans slaps his wife at one point.
** Mrs. Tomek's father feels that he is a burden to his daughter and that he is growing distant from the rest of his extended family.
** It is implied that the Brunners are infertile, which is why they adopt Anni as their daughter and temporarily take Radu under their wing.
** Max is a nineteen-year-old who considers jumping from his dorm's window to commit suicide. In addition, he is not good at dealing with stress as noted in his talks with his ping pong coach and the gas station manager. [[spoiler:He is also responsible for killing multiple people at the bank.]]
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The movie is made up of 71 fragmented scenes.
* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent:
** Max and his friend play a game of Mikado with Max's friend betting his expensive watch. Later, Max checks his watch for the time, implying that he won the game.
** Mrs. Brunner, Mrs. Tomek, Mrs. Tomek's father, Hans, and Max go to the bank for various reasons. Because the aforementioned characters mostly have no connection to one another, they usually appear in the background while story focuses on the current viewpoint character.
* MurderSuicide: [[spoiler:Max kills three people before shooting himself.]]
* OnceMoreWithClarity: A sequence of shocking news reports plays again at the end of the movie, revealing that [[spoiler:Max's bank rampage was just another news segment and was depressingly not the most tragic event of the day since the newscaster immediately starts talking about the Bosnian War]].
* RotatingNarrator: After each scene, the narrative usually goes into another character's perspective.
* SilentConversation: The Brunners' first meeting with Radu has no audio.
* SliceOfLife: Up until the [[spoiler:bank rampage]], the movie focuses on the everyday lives of its main characters.
* SmashToBlack: Every 'fragment' ends with an immediate black screen.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Marian Radu, the Romanian boy, smokes cigars and burglarizes shops and cars. Justified|Trope since Radu had a difficult childhood.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: An impatient driver yells at Max for blocking the gas station exit. [[spoiler:This is the final straw that convinces Max to shoot up the bank.]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:While the victims' families and/or associates get some focus, the story doesn't follow up on their fates after the bank shooting.]]
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