History Film / Utoya22Juli

* SurprisinglySuddenDeath: Despite the nature of the film, [[spoiler:it's played out in a way that makes you think Kaja will survive, given we continuously follow her POV and her story is based of the accounts of RealLife survivors of the event, only for Kaja to suddenly and unceremoniously be shot at the very end, with the camera not even lingering on her body but immediately leaving her.]]

* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler: Kaja. In a film where random characters have lengthy death scenes with lots of last words (wounded girl) or a long corpse scene to signify the horror of their death (little boy), Kaja gets neither. She is suddenly shot just before she can answer a silly line by Magnus, she appears OK at first, then keels over without as much as a sound. She gets NO last words, not even a ReallyDeadMontage. Worse, ''the camera itself'' betrays her - rather than stay with her in her last moments, it switches immediately to Magnus (who before that had, like 10 minutes of screen time) and concentrates on his escape, showing no more consideration for Kaja.]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The phrase that is the "safest place on the world" is lifted from a documentation about the Utøya shooting, which uses the phrase as a title. [[spoiler: The girl uttering the phrase dies in the latter phase of the shooting. So does Kaja (though her story before is , as above, taken from survivors]]

* VasquezAlwaysDies: [[spoiler: The tough Kaja dies while her little sister Emilie survives and rescues others]].

* UndignifiedDeath:

* UndignifiedDeath:[[spoiler: Kaja, on a meta level. In a film where random characters have lengthy death scenes with lots of last words (wounded girl) or a long corpse scene to signify the horror of their death (little boy), Kaja gets neither. She is suddenly shot just before she can answer a silly line by Magnus, she appears OK at first, then keels over without as much as a sound. She gets NO last words, not even a ReallyDeadMontage. Worse, ''the camera itself'' betrays her - rather than stay with her in her last moments, it switches immediately to Magnus (who before that had, like 10 minutes of screen time) and concentrates on his escape, showing no more consideration for Kaja.]]

* [[spoiler: TheHeroDies: Kaja.]]

* [[spoiler: ShootTheShaggyDog: Kaja attempts not just to survive, but also to help others. Unfortunately, all her heroic attempts are for nothing. She stops to help a wounded girl and bandages her wound - but the internal bleeding continues and the girl dies. She directs a small boy into the forest - but near the end she finds out he is murdered. Finally, she leaves her hiding place to search for her sister, then hesitates when there is an opportunity to escape the island by boat - and is shot and killed mere moments before the boat arrives and her sister is there. The only result of her selfless actions is getting herself uselessly killed. To top it off, even the POV camera abandons her in the end - rather than concentrate on her in her last moments (as was the case with every other victim before), we just switch to the PluckyComicRelief character who safely escapes by boat, with the film showing no more consideration for her.]]

** At one point while Kaja sits in a tent, a silhouette walks by on the outside and she keeps completely still and quiet, until the person leaves. We're not told if it was the attacker or just another teenager escaping.

* NothingIsScarier: we only see the attacker twice, as a silhouette.

* AdultFear: the film shows exactly what your children can suffer if they are caught in a shooting. In particular it shows that no matter how clever and levelheaded they are, they can still die, and in a horrible way.
* AnyoneCanDie: given the nature of the film, it's a given.
* BasedOnATrueStory: while the characters are fictional, they are based on experiences of the real survivors.
* BrokenAesop: Yes, it is possible to retain your humanity during a shooting... if you are ready to die for it.

* BittersweetEnding: some teenagers escape. Many die [[spoiler: including Kaja herself]].

* CruelTwistEnding: two minutes before the 78 minutes time period that the Breivik attack lasted are up, Kaja and Magnus, while on the beach, notice a rescue boat coming in their direction. Kaja hesitates to escape since she wants to search for her sister Emilie. While Kaja and Magnus argue, a somewhat-distant shot is heard. [[spoiler: after a split-second, Kaja collapses on the ground, apparently dead. Magnus runs to the boat, where it's revealed Emilie is in the boat. Worse, the timing and the fact that no further shots are heard (even when Magnus runs through the area Kaja was hit) suggest that the attacker has surrendered immediately afterwards. If Kaja had done literally anything else - hid in the rocks till the end, run to the boat as soon she saw it - she'd be safely reunited with her sister at that moment.]]

* ExtremelyShortTimeSpan: The attack on Utøya is given in real time, so 78 minutes of film rely to 78 minutes of attack. Even if one takes Oslo bomb footage into account, the film still covers only 3 hours.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: the phrase that is the "safest place on the world" is lifted from a documentation about the Utøya shooting, which uses the phrase as a title. [[spoiler: The girl uttering the phrase dies in the latter phase of the shooting. So does Kaja (though her story before is , as above, taken from survivors]]
* FromBadToWorse: As the story progresses, the events take darker and darker turn. First, shots are heard and scared youngsters are running. Then some people are wounded. Then one wounded girl bleeds to death. Then Kaja discovers multiple corpses on the beach. And then [[spoiler: Kaja herself dies]]
* GutPunch: the moment where the wounded girl dies. At this moment one understands what the tragedy goes underway. And then [[spoiler: Kaja's death]].

** When the teenagers see the helicopter coming, however one of then then points out it's a press and not the police.

* InstantDeathBullet: mostly averted, with wounds taking its toll slowly, but played straight with [[spoiler: Kaja herself]].

* NiceJobBreakingItHero - when Kaja meets the little boy near the tents, she directs him into the forest to hide. The boy is later killed on the beach. If Kaja didn't direct him into the forest, he'd possibly be alive.

* RecycledInSpace: the film can be described as {{Film/Cloverfield}} [[BasedOnATrueStory BASED ON A REAL SHOOTING]]

* TemptingFate: just minutes before the attack, Kaja tells her mother that Utøya is the "safest place on the world".

* [[spoiler: TooDumbToLive: Towards the end of the the movie Kaja, who until that was quite levelheaded, suddenly leaves her hiding place and goes to the open beach. Upon coming there she discovers four dead people, who all were clearly shot just a couple minutes ago. Rather than retreating or finding a new hiding place, the proceeds to argue loudly with Magnus, while standing near the corpses, completely in the open. Predictably, she gets shot and it's a wonder that Magnus isn't killed as well. The whole scene creates an impression that the director was frantically searching for a way to kill her off. ]]

* UncertainDoom: we see [[spoiler: Kaja going down after the shot]], apparently dead, but we don't stay to see if she died or was merely wounded. In reality, most of those with a single wound survived.

* VasquezAlwaysDies: [[spoiler: The tough Kaja dies while her small sister Emilie survives and rescues others]].

* CheckovsSkill: In the beginning Emilie returns from swimming and says the water isn't too cold for her. In the end it's implied that [[spoiler: Emilie swam to the mainland and got help. Unfortunately it was too late for Kaja.]]

* ItsAllMYFault: Kaja blames herself for every person she couldn't save.

* UnvittingInstigatorOfDoom: Emilie loses her phone during the attack and doesn't think about using somebody else's phone to call Kaja. This drives Kaja to search for her sister, [[spoiler: and results in Kaja's death]]

* UnvittingInstigatorOfDoom: Emilie loses her phone during the attack and doesn't think about using somebody else's phone to call Kaja. Thjis drives Kaja to search for her sister, [[spoiler: and results in Kaja's death]]

* FromBadToWorse: As the story progresses, the vents take darker and darker turn. First, shots are heard and scared youngsters are running. Then some people are wounded. Then one wounded girl bleeds to death. Then Kaja discovers multiple corpses on the beach. And then [[spoiler: Kaja herself dies]]

* UncertainDoom: we see [[spoiler: Kaja going down after the shot]],apparently dead but we don't stay to see if she died or was merely wounded. In reality, most of those with a single wound survived.

* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Kaja can't help stopping others while on the run. [[spoiler: Ultimately she gets killed because of this.]]

* UndignifiedDeath:[[spoiler: Kaja, on a meta level. In A film where random characters have lengthy death scenes with lots of last words (wounded girl) or a long corpse scene to signify the horror of their death (little boy), Kaja gets neither. She is suddenly shot just before she can answer a silly line by Magnus, she appears OK at first, then keels over without as much as a sound. She gets NO last words, not even a ReallyDeadMontage. Worse, ''the camera itself'' betrays her - rather than stay with her in her last moments, it switches immediately to Magnus (who before that had, like 10 minutes of screen time) and concentrates on his escape, showing no more consideration for Kaja.]]

* ExtremelyShortTimeSpan: The attack on Utøya is given in real time, so 78 minutes of film rely to 78 minutes of attack. Even if one takes Oslo bomb footage into account, the film still covers only 3 hours.

* UncertainDoom: we see [[spoiler: Kaja going down after the shot]], but we don't stay to see if she died or was merely wounded. In reality, most of those with a single wound survived.

''Utøya 22. juli'', also known as ''U: 22 July'' by Erik Poppe is a reenactment of the Breivik Massacre (which happened [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin on the island Utøyaat 22. July 2011]]) from the perspective of the victims. Out of respect for the victims, the film features fictional characters instead of people actually being there. The film is mostly portrayed from the POV of Kaja, an 18 years old girl with political aspirations, as she runs for her life while also trying to care for others amid the shooting. The film was shot in a single take with the exception of the footage of the Oslo bomb explosion.

* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Tough kaja and feminine Emilie.

* UncertainDoom: we see [[spoiler: Kaja going down after the shot]], but we don't stay to see if she died or was merely wounded. In fact, most of those with a single wound survived.

* NiceJobBrerakingItHero - when Kaja meets the little boy near the tents, she directs him into the forest to hide. The boy is later killed on the beach. If Kaja didn't direct him into the forest, he'd possibly be alive.

* UncertainDoom: we see [[spoiler: Kaja going down after the shot]], but we don't stay to see if she died or was merely wounded.

''Utøya 22. juli'', also known as ''U: 22 July'' by Erik Poppe is a reenactment of the Breivik Massacre (which happened [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin on the island Utoya at 22. July 2011]]) from the perspective of the victims. Out of respect for the victims, the film features fictional characters instead of people actually being there. The film is mostly portrayed from the POV of Kaja, an 18 years old girl with political aspirations, as she runs for her life while also trying to care for others amid the shooting. The film was shot in a single take with the exception of the footage of the Oslo bomb explosion.

* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Kaja can't help stopping others while on the run. [[spoiler: Ultimately she gets killed because of this.]]