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* An in-universe example: the film starts with a child's body being discovered. Forensic scientist Burakov examines the body and determines that the child has been murdered. On learning that the [[ApatheticCitizens apathetic cops]] haven't bothered to search the scene, he orders them to do so. Cut to some hours later: one by one, the cops bring about a ''dozen'' child-sized body-bags into the morgue. Burakov examines them all and by the end, he's crying even while he's talking emotionlessly into the tape recorder.

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* An in-universe example: the film starts with a child's body being discovered. Forensic scientist Burakov examines the body and determines that the child has been murdered. On learning that the [[ApatheticCitizens apathetic cops]] haven't bothered to search the scene, he orders them to do so. Cut to some hours later: one by one, the cops bring about a ''dozen'' ''seven'' child-sized body-bags into the morgue. Burakov examines them all and by the end, he's crying even while he's talking emotionlessly into the tape recorder.
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* Burakov's quiet break down near the end, caused, after years of having to fight and struggle to get scraps of support from his own government, by finding out that the detectives in the FBI's serial crimes division consider him to be an outright iron-willed badass hero, and finding out that after years of deprivation, he was finally going to get the support he's needed to solve the case.

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* Burakov's quiet break down breakdown near the end, caused, after years of having to fight and struggle to get scraps of support from his own government, by finding out that the detectives in the FBI's serial crimes division consider him to be an outright iron-willed badass hero, and finding out that after years of deprivation, he was finally going to get the support he's needed to solve the case.
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* Towards the end of the film, an undercover policeman (who had been pulling double-shifts for 38 hours after his partner became sick) reveals that he had seen Chikatilo coming in from the woods, checked his papers, and let him go because everything seemed to be normal. Upon searching the woods, they find the body of Chikatilo's most recent victim, a young girl, which causes the undercover policeman to begin banging his head against a tree in guilt. Burakov attempts to console him, saying that there was no way he could have known, but the policeman quickly tells him that there's more to it than that:

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* Towards the end of the film, an undercover policeman (who had been pulling double-shifts for 38 36 hours after his partner became sick) reveals that he had seen Chikatilo coming in from the woods, checked his papers, and let him go because everything seemed to be normal. Upon searching the woods, they find the body of Chikatilo's most recent victim, a young girl, which causes the undercover policeman to begin banging his head against a tree in guilt. Burakov attempts to console him, saying that there was no way he could have known, but the policeman quickly tells him that there's more to it than that:
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* Towards the end of the film, an undercover policeman (who had been pulling double-shifts for 38 hours after his partner became sick) reveals that he had seen Chikatilo coming in from the woods, checked his papers, and let him go because everything seemed to be normal. Upon searching the woods, they find the body of Chikatilo's last victim, a young girl, which causes the undercover policeman to begin banging his head against a tree in guilt. Burakov attempts to console him, saying that there was no way he could have known, but the policeman quickly tells him that there's more to it than that:

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* Towards the end of the film, an undercover policeman (who had been pulling double-shifts for 38 hours after his partner became sick) reveals that he had seen Chikatilo coming in from the woods, checked his papers, and let him go because everything seemed to be normal. Upon searching the woods, they find the body of Chikatilo's last most recent victim, a young girl, which causes the undercover policeman to begin banging his head against a tree in guilt. Burakov attempts to console him, saying that there was no way he could have known, but the policeman quickly tells him that there's more to it than that:
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* Burakov's quiet break down near the end, caused, after years of having to fight and struggle to get scraps of support from his own government, by finding out that the detectives in the FBI's serial crimes division consider him to be an outright iron-willed badass hero, and finding out that after years of deprivation, he was finally going to get the support he's needed to solve the case.

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* Burakov's quiet break down near the end, caused, after years of having to fight and struggle to get scraps of support from his own government, by finding out that the detectives in the FBI's serial crimes division consider him to be an outright iron-willed badass hero, and finding out that after years of deprivation, he was finally going to get the support he's needed to solve the case.case.
* Towards the end of the film, an undercover policeman (who had been pulling double-shifts for 38 hours after his partner became sick) reveals that he had seen Chikatilo coming in from the woods, checked his papers, and let him go because everything seemed to be normal. Upon searching the woods, they find the body of Chikatilo's last victim, a young girl, which causes the undercover policeman to begin banging his head against a tree in guilt. Burakov attempts to console him, saying that there was no way he could have known, but the policeman quickly tells him that there's more to it than that:
-->It's not that. She's my cousin's daughter. (''pause, quietly horrified'') She was ''eight''.
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* Burakov breaking down when he finds out his efforts did not go unnoticed in the West, and that in the United States, forensic scientists are rotated out after a few months to prevent psychological damage - Bukarov had been on the case for ''years''.

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* Burakov breaking Burakov's quiet break down when he finds near the end, caused, after years of having to fight and struggle to get scraps of support from his own government, by finding out his efforts did not go unnoticed that the detectives in the West, FBI's serial crimes division consider him to be an outright iron-willed badass hero, and finding out that in the United States, forensic scientists are rotated out after a few months years of deprivation, he was finally going to prevent psychological damage - Bukarov had been on get the case for ''years''.support he's needed to solve the case.
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* An in-universe example: the film starts with a child's body being discovered. Forensic scientist Burakov examines the body and determines that the child has been murdered. On learning that the [[ApatheticCitizens apathetic cops]] haven't bothered to search the scene, he orders them to do so. Cut to some hours later: one by one, the cops bring about a ''dozen'' child-sized body-bags into the morgue. Burakov examines them all and by the end, he's crying even while he's talking emotionlessly into the tape recorder.

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* An in-universe example: the film starts with a child's body being discovered. Forensic scientist Burakov examines the body and determines that the child has been murdered. On learning that the [[ApatheticCitizens apathetic cops]] haven't bothered to search the scene, he orders them to do so. Cut to some hours later: one by one, the cops bring about a ''dozen'' child-sized body-bags into the morgue. Burakov examines them all and by the end, he's crying even while he's talking emotionlessly into the tape recorder.recorder.
* Burakov breaking down when he finds out his efforts did not go unnoticed in the West, and that in the United States, forensic scientists are rotated out after a few months to prevent psychological damage - Bukarov had been on the case for ''years''.
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* An in-universe example: the film starts with a child's body being discovered. Forensic scientist Burakov examines the body and determines that the child has been murdered. On learning that the [[ApatheticCitizens apathetic cops]] haven't bothered to search the scene, he orders them to do so. Cut to some hours later: one by one, the cops bring about a ''dozen'' small body-bags into the morgue. Burakov examines them all and by the end, he's crying even while he's talking emotionlessly into the tape recorder.

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* An in-universe example: the film starts with a child's body being discovered. Forensic scientist Burakov examines the body and determines that the child has been murdered. On learning that the [[ApatheticCitizens apathetic cops]] haven't bothered to search the scene, he orders them to do so. Cut to some hours later: one by one, the cops bring about a ''dozen'' small child-sized body-bags into the morgue. Burakov examines them all and by the end, he's crying even while he's talking emotionlessly into the tape recorder.
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* An in-universe example: the film starts with a child's body being discovered. Forensic scientist Burakov examines the body and determines that the child has been murdered. On learning that the [[ApatheticCitizens apathetic cops]] haven't bothered to search the scene, he orders them to do so. Cut to some hours later: one by one, the cops bring about a ''dozen'' small body-bags into the morgue. Burakov examines them all and by the end, he's crying even as he's talking into the tape recorder.

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* An in-universe example: the film starts with a child's body being discovered. Forensic scientist Burakov examines the body and determines that the child has been murdered. On learning that the [[ApatheticCitizens apathetic cops]] haven't bothered to search the scene, he orders them to do so. Cut to some hours later: one by one, the cops bring about a ''dozen'' small body-bags into the morgue. Burakov examines them all and by the end, he's crying even as while he's talking emotionlessly into the tape recorder.
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* An in-universe example: the film starts with a child's body being discovered. Forensic scientist Burakov examines the body and determines that the child has been murdered. On learning that the [[ApatheticCitizens apathetic cops]] haven't bothered to search the scene, he orders them to do so. Cut to some hours later: one by one, the cops bring about a ''dozen'' small body-bags into the morgue. Burakov examines them all and by the end, he's crying even as he's talking into the tape recorder.

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