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* KickTheSonOfABitch: Sergey mugs his crooked woodworking teacher.
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* HarmfulToMinors: Sending your kid away to a place where they might fit in, only for them to fall into a life of crime and violence.
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* AdultFear: Sending your kid away to a place where they might fit in, only for them to conform to a life of crime and violence.
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* RecycledInSpace: It's ''Film/{{Kids}}'' in eastern Europe, with deaf characters!
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* NoNameGiven: Though the characters have names in the cast list, the dialogue-less nature of the film means there are no names given in the entire film.

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* NoNameGiven: Though [[AllThereInTheManual the characters have names in the cast list, list]], the dialogue-less nature of the film means there are no names given in the entire film.
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* RecycledInSpace: It's ''Film/{{Kids}}'' in eastern Europe, with deaf/mute characters!

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* RecycledInSpace: It's ''Film/{{Kids}}'' in eastern Europe, with deaf/mute deaf characters!
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* ShowDontTell: Even if you don't understand Ukrainian Sign Language and are bothered by the film's lack of words, you could mostly comprehend what's happening on the screen through the characters' actions.

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* ShowDontTell: Even if you don't understand Ukrainian Sign Language and are bothered by the film's lack of words, you could mostly comprehend what's happening on the screen through the characters' actions.
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* GoryDiscretionShot: Averted so hard that there are moments where you almost want the film to look away. Violent muggings, abortions, a gang member being crushed by a truck [[spoiler:and Sergey crushing the heads of his attackers in their sleep]] are all shown onscreen.

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* GoryDiscretionShot: Averted so hard that there are moments where you almost want the film to look away. Violent muggings, abortions, a gang member being crushed by a truck [[spoiler:and Sergey crushing the heads of his attackers in their sleep]] are all shown onscreen.
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* AmateurCast: The majority of the actors involved had no acting experience prior to the film.
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* ShowDontTell: Even if you don't understand Ukrainian Sign Language and bothered by the film's lack of words, you could mostly comprehend what's going on a screen through characters' actions.

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* ShowDontTell: Even if you don't understand Ukrainian Sign Language and are bothered by the film's lack of words, you could mostly comprehend what's going happening on a the screen through the characters' actions.

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* BackAlleyDoctor: Yana goes to [[spoiler:an abortionist who works out of her home over a bathtub with instruments sterilized over the gas stove]].

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* BackAlleyDoctor: Yana Anya goes to [[spoiler:an abortionist who works out of her home over a bathtub with instruments sterilized over the gas stove]].



* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Anya is a prostitute who gets pregnant from her relationship with Sergey. Even so, her abortion was portrayed as more neutral than anything. Why she goes to a back-alley practitioner instead of a real physician isn't clear though-perhaps so her parents won't find out?



* PetTheDog: Repeatedly zig-zagged with Sergey. [[spoiler:He falls in love with Yana... but ends up impregnating her. He helps pay for the abortion... by robbing one of his teachers. He saves her from being sold as a sex slave... but also rapes her.]]
* RapeAsDrama: [[spoiler:Sergey rapes Yana toward the end of the film.]]

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* PetTheDog: Repeatedly zig-zagged {{zigzagged}} with Sergey. [[spoiler:He falls in love with Yana...Anya... but ends up impregnating her. He helps pay for the abortion... by robbing one of his teachers. He saves her from being sold as a sex slave... but also rapes her.]]
* RapeAsDrama: [[spoiler:Sergey rapes Yana Anya toward the end of the film.]]



* RecycledInSpace: It's Film/{{Kids}} in eastern Europe, with deaf/mute characters!

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* RecycledInSpace: It's Film/{{Kids}} ''Film/{{Kids}}'' in eastern Europe, with deaf/mute characters!
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* ShowDontTell: Even if you don't understand Ukrainian Sign Language and bothered by the film's lack of words, you could mostly comprehend what's going on a screen through characters' actions.
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* DoorClosesEnding: [[spoiler:The film ends with Sergey murdering his attackers before slowly walking down the corridor and shutting himself in.]]

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* DoorClosesEnding: [[spoiler:The film ends with Sergey murdering his attackers before slowly walking down the corridor and shutting himself in.into the stairway to make his escape.]]

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* NoNameGiven: Though the characters have names in the cast list, the dialogue-less nature of the film means there are no names given in the entire film.



* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: The teenagers in this film run gangs as if they were full-fledged adult criminals, commit brutal acts of violence, and rape and pimp each other out [[spoiler:culminating in one of them murdering two others in their beds]].

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* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: The teenagers in this film run gangs as if they were full-fledged adult criminals, commit brutal acts of violence, and rape and pimp each other out [[spoiler:culminating in one of them murdering two four others in their beds]].
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* RecycledInSpace: It's Film/{{Kids}} in eastern Europe, with deaf/mute kids!

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* RecycledInSpace: It's Film/{{Kids}} in eastern Europe, with deaf/mute kids!characters!

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* ConservationOfNinjutsu: Sergey proves himself by defending himself with relatively little effort when getting jumped by several other students at once.



* LawOfConservationOfNinjutsu: Sergey proves himself by defending himself handily when getting jumped by several other students at once.
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* LawOfConservationOfNinjutsu: Sergey proves himself by defending himself handily when getting jumped by several other students at once.


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* ZergRush: The tribe's preferred method of attack is having several members [[DirtyCoward surprise a victim]] and beat them into unconsciousness before stealing their belongings.

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* AdultFear: Sending your kid away to a place where they might fit in, only for them to conform to a life of crime and violence.
* AdultsAreUseless: Or in the case of the woodworking teacher, corrupt.
* AmateurCast: The majority of the actors involved had no acting experience prior to the film.



* HumansAreBastards: The teenagers care as little about inflicting pain and violence on each other as they do about attacking innocent strangers. Genuine love and empathy just doesn't exist in the tribe.



* KickTheSonOfABitch: Sergey mugs his crooked woodworking teacher.



* PetTheDog: Repeatedly zig-zagged with Sergey. [[spoiler:He falls in love with Yana... but ends up impregnating her. He helps pay for the abortion... by robbing one of his teachers. He saves her from being sold as a sex slave... but also rapes her.]]



* RecycledInSpace: It's Film/{{Kids}} in eastern Europe, with deaf/mute kids!



* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: The teenagers in this film run gangs, commit brutal acts of violence, and rape and pimp each other out [[spoiler:culminating in one of them murdering two others in their beds]].

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* TeensAreMonsters: And won't hesitate to mug you if you're walking home with groceries.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: The teenagers in this film run gangs, gangs as if they were full-fledged adult criminals, commit brutal acts of violence, and rape and pimp each other out [[spoiler:culminating in one of them murdering two others in their beds]].
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* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: The teenagers in this film run gangs, commit brutal acts of violence, and rape and pimp each other out [[spoiler:culminating in one of the murdering two others in their beds]].

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* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: The teenagers in this film run gangs, commit brutal acts of violence, and rape and pimp each other out [[spoiler:culminating in one of the them murdering two others in their beds]].
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* DoorClosesEnding: [[spoiler:The film ends with Sergey murdering his attackers before slowly walking down the corridor and shutting himself into the stairway.]]

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* DoorClosesEnding: [[spoiler:The film ends with Sergey murdering his attackers before slowly walking down the corridor and shutting himself into the stairway.in.]]
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* CrapsackWorld: All characters involved live in a world basically derived of human compassion, empathy or love, and no one is safe from brutal and often senseless violence; it's not easy to watch.
* DoorClosesEnding: [[spoiler:The film ends with Sergey murdering his attackers before slowly walking down the corridor and shutting himself into the stairway.]]


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* GoryDiscretionShot: Averted so hard that there are moments where you almost want the film to look away. Violent muggings, abortions, a gang member being crushed by a truck [[spoiler:and Sergey crushing the heads of his attackers in their sleep]] are all shown onscreen.


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* TheOner: The majority of the film's scenes are done in long, continuous takes.
* RapeAsDrama: [[spoiler:Sergey rapes Yana toward the end of the film.]]


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* SceneryGorn: The ruinous, dilapidated architecture fits the bleak atmosphere of the film so perfectly that it enhances every scene.


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* TeenageWasteland: In the Film/AClockworkOrange variant, basically no adult intervention exists for these extremely troubling teens.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: The teenagers in this film run gangs, commit brutal acts of violence, and rape and pimp each other out [[spoiler:culminating in one of the murdering two others in their beds]].
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''The Tribe'' (original title of ''Плем'я'') is a Ukrainian film by writer/director Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy about organized crime in a school for the deaf. The film is presented without subtitles or voiceovers, and is almost entirely in Ukrainian sign language. Outside of that, it's an incredibly bleak film. The protagonist, Sergey, a new arrival to the school, gets pulled into the gang's ranks after one of the gang members suffers a fatal accident. He subsequently falls in love with one of the girls he is pimping and tragedy ensues as he attempts to prevent her from being taken from him.

!!This film exhibits the following tropes:
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* BackAlleyDoctor: Yana goes to [[spoiler:an abortionist who works out of her home over a bathtub with instruments sterilized over the gas stove]].
* FailedASpotCheck: One of the gang members fails to notice a truck backing up behind him due to his deafness. This accident results in Sergey being brought into the gang.
* GrievousBottleyHarm: When the gang attacks Sergey near the end, they smash a bottle across his head. This is not played for comedy.
* ImprovisedWeapon: Near the end of the film, [[spoiler:Sergey gets his revenge on the gang members by smashing their heads in while the sleep with their desks]].
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Repeatedly, primarily on Sergey by members of the gang, [[spoiler:although, at the end of the film, he gets his revenge on them one by one]].
* RealityHasNoSoundtrack: The film has no music, neither soundtrack nor diegetic music.
* RealityHasNoSubtitles: The choice to have no subtitles has been criticized by some reviewers — after all, sign language is a language like any other — but ultimately, the director stated that he wanted the viewer to feel like an outsider, only able to understand in broad strokes.
* SexSlave: [[spoiler:While the two prostitutes are implied to be volunteers working for the money, it's indicated that their planned trip to Italy is to sell them as sex slaves]].
* UsefulNotes/SignedLanguage: The entirety of the film's primary dialogue is in unsubtitled Ukrainian Sign Language.
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