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* TearJerker: The suicide, and Cassiel's anguished reaction to it.

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The suicide, and Cassiel's anguished reaction to it.
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**The man dying on the street going through his happiest memories in the few minutes he has left.

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"Note that if the event in question is something inevitable, such as people dying, that's not necessarily this. We all have to go at some point. It would only be this trope if the death was somehow similar to how they died onscreen."


* HarsherInHindsight: Damiel's decision to become mortal hits harder in the wake of Creator/BrunoGanz's actual death in early 2019.
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* HeartwarmingInHindsight: The scene where Homer searches in vain for the then-demolished Potsdamer Platz and finds only rubble, weeds, and the UsefulNotes/BerlinWall becomes bittersweet now that the Wall has not only fallen but the square itself has been redeveloped and is now a thriving center of commerce.

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* HeartwarmingInHindsight: The scene where Homer searches in vain for the then-demolished Potsdamer Platz and finds only rubble, weeds, and the UsefulNotes/BerlinWall becomes bittersweet now that the Wall has not only fallen but the square itself has been redeveloped and is now a thriving center of commerce.commercial hub.
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* HeartwarmingInHindsight: The scene where Homer searches in vain for the then-demolished Potsdamer Platz and finds only rubble, weeds, and the Berlin Wall becomes bittersweet now that the Wall has not only fallen but the square itself has been redeveloped and is now a thriving center of commerce.

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* HeartwarmingInHindsight: The scene where Homer searches in vain for the then-demolished Potsdamer Platz and finds only rubble, weeds, and the Berlin Wall UsefulNotes/BerlinWall becomes bittersweet now that the Wall has not only fallen but the square itself has been redeveloped and is now a thriving center of commerce.
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* HeartwarmingInHindsight: The scene where Homer searches in vain for the then-demolished Potsdamer Platz and finds only rubble, weeds, and the Berlin Wall becomes bittersweet now that the Wall has not only fallen but the square itself has been redeveloped and is now a thriving center of commerce.
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* HarsherInHindsight: Damiel's decision to become mortal hits harder in the wake of Creator/BrunoGanz's actual death in early 2019.
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* SciFiGhetto: Even though it's basically a fantasy film, you'll pretty much never hear a critic describe it as that.
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* AwesomeMusic: "The Carny" and "From Her to Eternity" by Music/NickCave, both played live by the man himself at the film's climax.

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* AwesomeMusic: SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: "The Carny" and "From Her to Eternity" by Music/NickCave, both played live by the man himself at the film's climax.
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* AwesomeMusic: "The Carny" and "From Her to Eternity" by Music/NickCave, both played live by the man himself at the film's climax.
* OneSceneWonder: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds as themselves in the movie's climax.



* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible

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* TrueArtIsIncomprehensibleTearJerker: The suicide, and Cassiel's anguished reaction to it.
* TheWoobie: A lot of the regular people the angels survey, such as the teenage prostitute and the suicidal man.

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* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible

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* TrueArtIsIncomprehensibleRetroactiveRecognition: Damiel is played by a pre-''Film/{{Downfall}}'' Bruno Ganz.
* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible
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The voice-overs aren\'t examples of this, being always thematically appropriate.


* FauxlosophicNarration
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* FauxlosophicNarration
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* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible

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