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[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/10c1be21_0637_4104_9cc1_99a4474709c7.jpeg]] ''Speak No Evil'' is a Danish horror film written and directed by Christian Tafdrup (though writing duties were shared with his brother Mads). A Danish family visits a Dutch family that they met on vacation, but the long weekend quickly becomes more unpleasant and nightmarish for all concerned.
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''Speak No Evil'' is a Danishhorror PsychologicalHorror film written and directed by Christian Tafdrup (though writing duties were shared with his brother Mads). Mads).
A Danishfamily visits family, the couple Bjørn and Louise and their daughter Agnes, are vacationing in Tuscany, where they bond with a Dutch family, consisting of Patrick and Karin and their strange mute son Abel, over their common status as tourists and eventually strike up a friendship. Patrick and Karin end up inviting Bjørn and Louise to visit them in remote rural house in the Netherlands. The family that they met on vacation, arrive after a long eight hour drive, but their hosts soon start acting increasingly strange, and the long weekend quickly becomes more unpleasant and nightmarish for all concerned.
''Speak No Evil'' is a Danish
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* EvidenceDungeon: [[spoiler:The log cabin is where Patrick and Karin keeps photographs and leftover luggage from their previous victims]].
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* IronicName: Bjørn, whose name is a Norse word meaning "bear", often associated with bravery, toughness, and NOT really appropriate for an ExtremeDoormat of a character.
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* TongueTrauma: [[spoiler:Abel ''doesn't'' have aglossia congenita, his tongue was severed the day Patrick and Karin killed his family and took him as their "son". The two murderers have done the same thing to dozens of other kids they abducted, with Agnes as their next victim]].
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* ExtremeDoormat: [[spoiler:Patrick and Karin seek out passive, meek victims who don't speak up, stand up for themselves, or choose to leave. In the end, the Danes literally lie down quietly and let themselves be stoned to death.]]
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* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:Bjørn and Louise ignore every gut feeling and red flag possible, easily allowing the Dutch couple to convince them that their (very valid) concerns are meaningless and don't even put up much of a fight at any point. However, this is an outright plot point, as they were selected specifically because they were overly trusting and weak-willed.]]
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* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:Bjørn and Louise ignore every gut feeling and red flag possible, easily allowing the Dutch couple to convince them that their (very valid) concerns are meaningless and don't even put up much of a fight at any point. Bjørn even goes along with the Dutch in the end despite knowing well at this point that they killed Abel and kill all of their other couples (and eventually, their children) that meet with them, because Patrick assures him that nothing bad will happen if he just does what he's told. However, this is an outright plot point, as they were selected specifically because they were overly trusting and weak-willed.]]
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* WhamLine: [[spoiler:''Because you let me.'' Cue Bjørn and Louise realizing that all of their spineless attempts to be a good guest, not rock the boat, and go along with whatever the Dutch want is exactly what kills them in the end.]]
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*** They also leave him (and Agnes) at home when they go out to the roadhouse for dinner, apparently because they want an adults-only dinner. [[spoiler:Once the ending is revealed, it's more likely that they didn't want local businesses catching on to the fact that they acquire a new child (one who was recently seen with them in the company of another family, no less) every few months...]]
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*** The night at the roadhouse is one big test after another. Despite showing earlier in the film that they normally are communicative and set boundaries with their babysitters, Bjørn and Louise barely puts up awkwardly allow Patrick and Karin to prevent Agnes from joining them at dinner, ''and'' let them leave her with a fight when complete stranger. Louise lets Patrick's antagonism of her vegetarianism is challenged go unchallenged, and later struggles the couple let the Dutch order for them without regard to make their tastes nor requesting a translation of the menu. Bjørn then allows Patrick to leave him with the check, and reacts meekly to Louise begging him to have Patrick turn the volume of his music down. She also meekly stands in the shower, down (while driving drunk, no less). Then, later that evening, Louise stays paralyzed by surprise, with surprise when Patrick enters walks into the bathroom while she's showering instead of telling showering, and Bjørn reacts in the same way when he catches Patrick watching him to leave.and Louise having sex.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:Patrick and Karin drive the Danish couple to an abandoned quay, order them to strip naked, and then stone them to death while their victims quietly wait for death.]]
* DiesWideShut: [[spoiler:When the camera pans to the Danish couple's dead bodies in the morning, Louise's eyes are wide open.]]
* DiesWideShut: [[spoiler:When the camera pans to the Danish couple's dead bodies in the morning, Louise's eyes are wide open.]]
*** Patrick urges Bjørn to do cathartic screams in an abandoned quay [[spoiler:which means that once he drives the couple to that location at the end, Bjørn knows that there's no hope of rescue as no one can hear them scream there.]]
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* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:Bjørn and Louise completely shut down after they witness Agnes being mutilated and carried away, and allow themselves to be killed.]]
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* BystanderSyndrome: A case of BystanderSyndrome applying to one's own family. Bjørn and Louise clearly love Agnes a lot, but neither of them stand up for her, whether when Abel is acting out or when [[spoiler:Karin lies next to her naked.]]
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* AbusiveParents: Patrick yanks Abel around roughly and later screams at him when he fails to perform a dance adequately, which greatly disturbs Karin. [[spoiler:It makes sense for him to be callous, since Abel isn't his child but his victim, and he's planning to kill him soon anyway.]]
* BystanderSyndrome: A case of BystanderSyndrome applying to one's own family. Bjørn and Louise clearly love Agnes a lot, but neither of them stand up for her, whether when Abel is acting out or when[[spoiler:Karin lies [[spoiler:Patrick and Karin lie next to her naked.]]
* BystanderSyndrome: A case of BystanderSyndrome applying to one's own family. Bjørn and Louise clearly love Agnes a lot, but neither of them stand up for her, whether when Abel is acting out or when
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* ChekhovsGunman: Before accompanying Bjørn and Louise to a restauraunt, Patrick and Karin hire Muhajid to babysit Agnes and Abel. [[spoiler:He later shows up to aid the Dutch couple in the kidnapping of Agnes.]]
* DeathOfAChild: [[spoiler:Abel is drowned in a pool, and it's heavily implied Patrick and Karin have abducted and murdered other couples' children in the past]].
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* ChekhovsGunman: Before accompanying Bjørn and Louise to a restauraunt, restaurant, Patrick and Karin hire Muhajid to babysit Agnes and Abel. [[spoiler:He later shows up to aid the Dutch couple in the kidnapping of Agnes.]]
*DeathOfAChild: [[spoiler:Abel is drowned in a pool, CreepyChild: Abel never smiles, acts strangely, screams at night and it's heavily implied Patrick tends to just stand around with an unsettling stare. [[spoiler:Subverted in that he ''is'' off-putting, but is completely justified in being that way, as he's a maimed kidnapping victim whose parents were murdered, and Karin have abducted who likely knows that his time is coming soon.]]
* CreepySouvenir: [[spoiler:When Bjørn is finally able to investigate the shed on the property, he finds it full of the luggage of past victims, andmurdered papered on the walls of the second floor are photographs of all of the other couples' children in the past]].families they've murdered.]]
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* CreepySouvenir: [[spoiler:When Bjørn is finally able to investigate the shed on the property, he finds it full of the luggage of past victims, and
** Karin authoritatively corrects Agnes on how to set the table properly and spends lunchtime speaking to her directly and giving her orders, all of which upsets Louise. [[spoiler:Since she will soon abduct Agnes and make her be the couple's new child, it makes sense that she needs to make sure she follows orders and becomes familiar with Dutch.]]
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*** Karin implies to Louise that she's an inadequate mother to Agnes, but Louise doesn't challenge her.
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* {{Gaslighting}}: Bjørn and Louise's issues with the Dutch couple -- the drunk driving, the combative attitudes, the abusive treatment toward Abel, the discovery of Agnes sleeping beside the naked couple -- are perfectly legitimate, yet Patrick and Karin artfully dismantle their concerns and paint them as being overdramatic, fussy, and unable to speak up.
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* {{Gaslighting}}: Bjørn and Louise's issues with the Dutch couple -- the drunk driving, the combative attitudes, the abusive treatment toward Abel, the discovery of Agnes sleeping beside the naked couple -- are perfectly legitimate, yet Patrick and Karin artfully dismantle their concerns and paint them as being overdramatic, fussy, and unable to speak up.
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* HopeSpot: [[spoiler:After picking up the Danes, Patrick stops the car to take a piss. Bjørn looks at the car keys, wondering if he should try stealing the car. He hesitates for too long, and the opportunity for escaping is quickly lost.]]
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* HopeSpot: HereWeGoAgain: [[spoiler:The film ends with Patrick and Karin selecting their next victims.]]
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** [[spoiler:The Danes almost get away after silently leaving in the morning, but turn back to retrieve Agnes's doll -- which turns out to have been under the seat the whole time.]]
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** [[spoiler:The Danes almost get away after silently leaving in the morning, but turn back to retrieve Agnes's doll -- which turns out to have been under the seat the whole time.]]
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* NotTheFirstVictim: The revelation that [[spoiler:Abel is not Patrick and Karin's son confirms that they've done this before. Abel is also heavily implied not to be their first victim, either.]]
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* LeftHanging: Why do Patrick and Karin [[spoiler:kidnap children? Are they pedophiles and/or sexually abusive towards them? Do they simply want to destroy Bjørn and Louise as much as possible? Nothing like that is ever explicitly shown.]]
* NotTheFirstVictim:The revelation [[spoiler:The photographs in the shed confirm that [[spoiler:Abel is not Patrick and Karin's son confirms that they've Karin have done this before. Abel is also heavily implied not to be ''dozens of times,'' as Bjørn connects, with horror, that they continuously replace their first victim, either.current child with the child of their next victims.]]
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* RiddleForTheAges: Why do Patrick and Karin [[spoiler:kidnap children? Are they pedophiles and/or sexually abusive towards them? Do they simply want to destroy Bjørn and Louise as much as possible? Nothing like that is ever explicitly shown.]]
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* RiddleForTheAges: Why do PoorCommunicationKills: [[spoiler:Bjørn fails to warn Louise about Patrick and Karin [[spoiler:kidnap children? Are after they pedophiles and/or sexually abusive towards them? Do they simply want make their late-night escape, presumably to destroy Bjørn and not worry Agnes. However, this leaves Louise as much as possible? Nothing like that to unwittingly walk right back into Patrick and Karin's grasp.]]
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Patrick and Karin are serial killers whose modus operandi isever explicitly shown.to befriend a couple with a young child, invite them to their (remote) home, and then abduct and maim their child before killing them.]]
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* ThereAreNoPolice: [[spoiler:Patrick and Karin have murdered dozens of couples while abducting/maiming their children, yet there seems to be zero police investigation. Given that they never move locations, apparently they're always able to find couples who never tell anyone where they're going or who they're visiting.]]
* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:Bjørn and Louise ignore every gut feeling and red flag possible, easily allowing the Dutch couple to convince them that their (very valid) concerns are meaningless and don't even put up much of a fight at any point. However, this is an outright plot point, as they were selected specifically because they were overly trusting and weak-willed.]]
* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:Bjørn and Louise ignore every gut feeling and red flag possible, easily allowing the Dutch couple to convince them that their (very valid) concerns are meaningless and don't even put up much of a fight at any point. However, this is an outright plot point, as they were selected specifically because they were overly trusting and weak-willed.]]
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* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler:Patrick and/or Karin drowns Abel towards the end of the movie. During the climax, Karin also cuts off Agnes' tongue before she and Patrick kidnap her]].
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* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler:Patrick and/or Karin drowns Abel towards the end of the movie.movie, and it's evidenced by their souvenirs of other victims that they've done this many times. During the climax, Karin also cuts off Agnes' tongue before she and Patrick kidnap her]].
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* ChekhovsGunman: Before accompanying Bjørn and Louise to a restauraunt, Patrick and Karin hire Muhajid to babysit Agnes and Abel. [[spoiler:He later shows up to aid the Dutch couple in the kidnapping of Abel.]]
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* ChekhovsGunman: Before accompanying Bjørn and Louise to a restauraunt, Patrick and Karin hire Muhajid to babysit Agnes and Abel. [[spoiler:He later shows up to aid the Dutch couple in the kidnapping of Abel.Agnes.]]
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An American remake starring Creator/JamesMcAvoy is currently in the works.
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* DeathOfAChild: [[spoiler:Abel is drowned in a pool, and it's heavily implied Patrick and Karin have abducted and murdered other couples' children in the past]].
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* ShamefulStrip: At the end of the movie, [[spoiler:Patrick and Karin force Bjørn and Louise to strip naked]] for no reason other than to humiliate them further before [[spoiler:they're stoned to death]].
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* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler:Patrick and/or Karin drowns Abel towards the end of the movie. During the climax, Karin also cuts off Agnes' tongue before she and Patrick kidnap her]].
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* ChekhovsGun: Karin complains to Louise about a dull pair of scissors while gardening. [[spoiler:She later uses it cut out Agnes's tonuge.]]
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Bjørn and Louise are killed, and Patrick and Karin's cycle continues with Agnes as their child.]]
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* ChekhovsGun: Karin complains to Louise about a dull pair of scissors while gardening. [[spoiler:She later uses it cut out Agnes's tonuge.]]
* ChekhovsGunman: Before accompanying Bjørn and Louise to a restauraunt, Patrick and Karin hire Muhajid to babysit Agnes and Abel. [[spoiler:He later shows up to aid the Dutch couple in the kidnapping of Abel.]]
* DoubleMeaningTitle: The title refers to the proverb of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_wise_monkeys three wise monkeys]]. While the original meaning is that one should not say anything evil, the modern meaning refers to someone who keeps quiet when they should speak out. Similarly, throughout the movie, the Danish family are conflicted whether or not they would be rude for criticizing the Dutch couple's strange behavior. [[spoiler:The title then becomes a LiteralMetaphor with the reveal that the Dutch couple cut out the tongues of their stolen children.]]
* ChekhovsGunman: Before accompanying Bjørn and Louise to a restauraunt, Patrick and Karin hire Muhajid to babysit Agnes and Abel. [[spoiler:He later shows up to aid the Dutch couple in the kidnapping of Abel.]]
* DoubleMeaningTitle: The title refers to the proverb of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_wise_monkeys three wise monkeys]]. While the original meaning is that one should not say anything evil, the modern meaning refers to someone who keeps quiet when they should speak out. Similarly, throughout the movie, the Danish family are conflicted whether or not they would be rude for criticizing the Dutch couple's strange behavior. [[spoiler:The title then becomes a LiteralMetaphor with the reveal that the Dutch couple cut out the tongues of their stolen children.]]
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Abel's disturbing and violent behavior makes a lot more sense when the ending rolls around.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: {{Foreshadowing}}:
** Abel's disturbing and violent behavior makes a lot more sense when the ending rolls around.
*** ** Abel not being around is nowhere to be seen when the Dutch greets the Danes as they arrive with Patrick casually showing demonstrating he has no clue where he could be.
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* HopeSpot: [[spoiler:After picking up the Danes, Patrick stops the car to take a piss. Bjørn looks at the car keys, wondering if he should try stealing the car. He hesitates for too long, and the opportunity for escaping is quickly lost.]]
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* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Abel's disturbing, creepy behavior borders on an EnfantTerrible.
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* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Abel's disturbing, creepy behavior borders on an EnfantTerrible. [[spoiler:It turns out to be {{justified|Trope}} since Abel was a victim of kidnapping and is trying to alert the Danish family that something's amiss.]]
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Agnes is an example. [[spoiler:The Danes almost get away the first time, but Bjørn decides to go back to find Agnes's stuffed bunny. It turns out the toy was in the car the entire time.]]
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Agnes is an example. [[spoiler:The Danes almost get away the first time, but Bjørn decides to go back to find Agnes's stuffed bunny. It turns out the toy was in the car the entire time.]]
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*** Karin's response to Louise asking if she should take her shoes off upon entering the house is to tell her she can't and can repeatedly.
*** Bjorn being complimented by Patrick as a "hero" for going out of his way to find Agnes' lost bunny in Tuscany.
*** Karin's response to Louise asking if she should take her shoes off upon entering the house is to tell her she can't and can repeatedly.
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*** Patrick asking Bjorn Bjørn if he could take the chair that Agnes was using while just away for a dip in the pool.
***Bjorn Bjørn being complimented by Patrick as a "hero" for going out of his way to find Agnes' lost bunny in Tuscany.
*** Karin's response to Louise asking if she should take her shoes off upon entering the house is to tell her shecan't and can repeatedly.leave them on. Or take them off. Repeatedly.
*** Patrick urging Bjørn to do cathartic screams in an abandoned quay since no one would hear him anyway.
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''Speak No Evil'' is a Danish horror film written and directed by Christian Tafdrup (though writing duties were shared with his brother Mads). A Danish family visits a Dutch family that they met on vacation, but the long weekend quickly becomes more unpleasant and nightmarish for all concerned.
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[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/10c1be21_0637_4104_9cc1_99a4474709c7.jpeg]] ''Speak No Evil'' is a Danish horror film written and directed by Christian Tafdrup (though writing duties were shared with his brother Mads). A Danish family visits a Dutch family that they met on vacation, but the long weekend quickly becomes more unpleasant and nightmarish for all concerned.
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* SpoilerCover: [[spoiler:The shot of Bjørn and Louise screaming while in their car]] occurs in one of the final scenes, and spoils that Patrick and Katrin are definitely up to something sinister.
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* ShoutOut: [[spoiler: Bjørn and Louise are stoned to death]] in what seems to be a reference to ''Literature/TheLottery''.
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* PolitenessJudo: Usually a comic trope, here played very, very seriously. The Dutch family are generally polite, despite many incidents of concerning behavior which escalates as time goes on, but they ultimately end up winning over the Danes every time. [[spoiler:Until they ultimately murder Bjørn and Louise, maim and kidnap Agnes.]]
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* PolitenessJudo: Usually a comic trope, here played very, very seriously. The Dutch family are generally polite, despite many incidents of concerning {{Foreshadowing}}: Abel's disturbing and violent behavior which escalates as time goes on, but they ultimately end up winning over makes a lot more sense when the Danes every time. [[spoiler:Until they ultimately murder Bjørn and Louise, maim and kidnap Agnes.]] ending rolls around.
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* RiddleForTheAges: Why do Patrick and Karin [[spoiler:kidnap children? Are they pedophiles and/or sexually abusive towards them? Do they simply want to destroy Bjørn and Louise as much as possible? Nothing like that is ever explicitly shown.]]
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* PolitenessJudo: Usually a comic trope, here played very, very seriously. The Dutch family are generally polite, despite many incidents of concerning behavior which escalates as time goes on, but they ultimately end up winning over the Danes every time. [[spoiler:Until they ultimately murder Bjørn and Louise, maim and kidnap Agnes.]]
* RiddleForTheAges: Why do Patrick and Karin [[spoiler:kidnap children? Are they pedophiles and/or sexually abusive towards them? Do they simply want to destroy Bjørn and Louise as much as possible? Nothing like that is ever explicitly shown.]]]]
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Abel's disturbing, creepy behavior borders on an EnfantTerrible.
* RiddleForTheAges: Why do Patrick and Karin [[spoiler:kidnap children? Are they pedophiles and/or sexually abusive towards them? Do they simply want to destroy Bjørn and Louise as much as possible? Nothing like that is ever explicitly shown.
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* BystanderSyndrome: A case of BystanderSyndrome applying to one's own family. Bjørn and Louise clearly love Agnes a lot, but neither of them stand up for her, whether when Abel is acting out or when [[spoiler:Karin lies next to her naked.]]
* PolitenessJudo: Usually a comic trope, here played very, very seriously. The Dutch family are generally polite, despite many incidents of concerning behavior which escalates as time goes on, but they ultimately end up winning over the Danes every time. [[spoiler:Until they ultimately murder Bjørn and Louise, maim and kidnap Agnes.]]
* ImprobableInfantSurvival: Surprisingly played straight. [[spoiler:Patrick and Karin's son, Abel, turns out to ''not'' be their son and dies. However, though Bjørn and Louise are murdered, Agnes survives, even if it might have been better if she'd died.]]
* NotTheFirstVictim: The revelation that [[spoiler:Abel is not Patrick and Karin's son confirms that they've done this before. Abel is also heavily implied not to be their first victim, either.]]
* RiddleForTheAges: Why do Patrick and Karin [[spoiler:kidnap children? Are they pedophiles and/or sexually abusive towards them? Do they simply want to destroy Bjørn and Louise as much as possible? Nothing like that is ever explicitly shown.]]
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''Speak No Evil'' is a Danish horror film written and directed by Christian Tafdrup (though writing duties were shared with his brother Mads). A Danish family visits a Dutch family that they met on vacation, but the long weekend quickly becomes more unpleasant and nightmarish for all concerned.
A 2022 film, it premiered at Creator/Sundance before being acquired by Creator/{{IFC}}.
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A 2022 film, it premiered at Creator/Sundance before being acquired by Creator/{{IFC}}.
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