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1	!! The novels
2	* RealismInducedHorror
3	** Your local priest may be a WellIntentionedExtremist who believes in BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork and will turn a blind eye to DomesticAbuse, so long as the Bible is followed to the letter.
4	** For Vianne, the fact that Anouk is growing up and into a different person from the innocent little girl that she used to be. This fear comes to life in ''The Girl With No Shadow". Anouk becomes increasingly disappointed that her mother wants a conventional life without magic and denies it, which allows Zozie to get close to both of them.
5	** For Caroline Clairmont, her estranged mother is a diabetic who doesn't take care of herself and refuses to let others boss her around. Caro is a {{Jerkass}} but when her mother has a fit and nearly dies from not taking insulin, Caro's OhCrap and calling for her mother makes her quite empathetic. There's also the fact that she attends her mother's party and feels guilty on learning [[spoiler:her mother deliberately planned to die.]]
6	** Vianne's mother Jeanne [[spoiler: isn't actually her mother; Jeanne stole "Sylviane Caillou" from another woman, Michele, who lived in the apartment across]]. As an adult, Vianne found articles that Jeanne kept of the incident, and [[spoiler: Michele is close to TearsOfJoy when she and Vianne reconcile]].
7	** Her daughter Rosette has ''cri du chat'', a real syndrome that is incurable.
8	** In ''The Girl With No Shadow'' a priest and a social worker tracked her down and tried to take Rosette and Anouk away.
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10	!! The movie
11	* AdaptationDisplacement: Most people have not heard of the original novel, and Joanne Harris herself has described the film as "milk chocolate" while the novel is along the lines of "dark chocolate".
12	* AwardSnub: It received five UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nominations and went home empty-handed. Creator/LasseHallstrom wasn't nominated for Best Director and Creator/JohnnyDepp wasn't nominated for Best Supporting Actor.
13	* LesYay: Between Vianne and Josephine. Much.
14	-->'''Vianne:''' ''(to Josephine)'' It's alright to feel this way. It's allowed.
15	* OvershadowedByControversy: The film is remembered more for its ridiculously aggressive Oscar campaign than for its actual quality.
16	%%* TheWoobie: Josephine.

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