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* TooDumbTooLive: Leyla, calling her mother and telling her that she went to the police.
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* StartingANewLife: Leyla plans this at the end.
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* HeKnowsTooMuch: Aram was the only one who saw the face of the attacker who shot at his security guards. After that he receives death threats.
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* LoveMartyr: Carina, at least at the beginning. She says that she still loves Håkan even though he was regularly punching her ''for ten years''. Later, she say this on a tv interview:

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* LoveMartyr: Carina, at least at the beginning. She says that she still loves Håkan even though he was regularly punching her ''for ten years''. Later, after finally leaving him, she say says this on a tv interview:
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* LoveMartyr: Carina, at least at the beginning. She says that she still loves Håkan even though he was regularly punching her ''for years''. Later, she say this on a tv interview:

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* LoveMartyr: Carina, at least at the beginning. She says that she still loves Håkan even though he was regularly punching her ''for ten years''. Later, she say this on a tv interview:

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* LoveMartyr: Carina, at least at the beginning. She says that she still loves Håkan even though he was regularly punching her ''for years''.

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* LoveMartyr: Carina, at least at the beginning. She says that she still loves Håkan even though he was regularly punching her ''for years''. Later, she say this on a tv interview:
-->'''Carina''': You may ask: How can you be in love with such a man? How sick is this woman who is in love with such a man? He's a very important person in your life and you have lived with him for ten years and you have also children with him, then it's not that easy. You hope all the time that he'll change, that's what you hope all the time.
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* ButNotTooGay: Aram and Peter only share a perfunctory kiss at the end.
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''When darkness falls'' (Swedish: ''När mörkret faller'') is a Swedish AnthologyFilm drama from 2006 by Anders Nilsson.

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''When darkness falls'' (Swedish: ''När mörkret faller'') is a Swedish AnthologyFilm [[AnthologyFilm anthology film]] drama from 2006 by Anders Nilsson.
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''When darkness falls'' (Swedish: ''När mörkret faller'') is a Swedish package drama film from 2006 by Anders Nilsson.

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''When darkness falls'' (Swedish: ''När mörkret faller'') is a Swedish package AnthologyFilm drama film from 2006 by Anders Nilsson.
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''When darkness falls'' (Swedish: ''När mörkret faller'') is a Swedish omnibus drama film from 2006 by Anders Nilsson.

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''When darkness falls'' (Swedish: ''När mörkret faller'') is a Swedish omnibus package drama film from 2006 by Anders Nilsson.
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* StraightGay: Aram and Peter.
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* ManlyGay: Aram and Peter.

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* ManlyGay: Aram and especially Peter.
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* ManlyGay: Aram and Peter.
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The film was shown at the Berlinale Filmfestival 2007 and won the Amnesty International Film Price in the same year.
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* LoveMartyr: Carina, at least at the beginning. He says that she still loves Håkan even though he was regularly punching her ''for years''.

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* LoveMartyr: Carina, at least at the beginning. He She says that she still loves Håkan even though he was regularly punching her ''for years''.
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* InterruptedIntimacy: Håkan and Carina get caught by their children.
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* LoveMartyr: Carina, at least at the beginning. He says that she still loves him even though he was regularly punching her ''for years''.

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* LoveMartyr: Carina, at least at the beginning. He says that she still loves him Håkan even though he was regularly punching her ''for years''.
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* LoveMartyr: Carina, at least at the beginning. He says that she still loves him even though he was regularly punching her ''for years''.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Carina, after reporting Håkan to the police for beating her. She eventually realizes that it was the right thing to do.

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* BriefAccentImitation: After fleeing from home, Nina calls her family and tal

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* BriefAccentImitation: After fleeing from home, Nina calls her family and taltalks with a south Swedish accent with her father, pretending to be one of Leylas teachers, to be able to talk to her secretly.
* DomesticAbuse: Håkan beats his wife Carina, as well as his father used to beat his mother.
* EvilMatriarch: Leyla's mother.
* FamilyBusiness: Aram owns a restaurant together with his brother Dana and his sister Nadja.
* FamilyHonor: Nina gets accused of having offended her family's honor because she met a boy.
* HeelRealization: Temir and Leo, after [[spoiler:Nina's death.]]
* HonorRelatedAbuse: Leyla's family to her sister Nina, when they think that she had sexual contact with several men. [[spoiler:This ends in the family killing Nina by staging her suicide on a high speed street in Germany.]]
* IHaveNoSon: After Nina [[spoiler: is killed by her family, Leyla, who is non-participant of the murder, asks where her sister's body is]]:
-->'''Leyla''': "Where is Nina?"
-->'''Father''': "You've never had a sister who is called "Nina".
* KubrickStare: Leyla's mother, after Leyla realizes that [[spoiler: her mother mainly staged her sisters death, not her father which she thought first]].
* LonelyFuneral: [[spoiler: Nina.]]
* ManipulativeBastard: Håkan, making his children believe that it's his wife fault that he is hitting her.
* NeverSuicide: [[spoiler: Nina is murdered by her family by being chased over a high speed street. They make it look like suicide.]]
* TheCoronerDothProtestTooMuch: [[spoiler:Leyla's father tells her that her sister Nina killed herself, even though Leyla saw everything of the murder.]]
* ThisMeansWar: One of the gangsters says this word for word after they got thrown out of Aram's restaurant.
* UnPerson: [[spoiler: After killing her, Nina's family destroys all photos of Nina and disavows her.]]

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* ArrangedMarriage: Nina's mother tells her that marrying an appropriate man at her grandmother's in Germany can regain her honor. [[spoiler: It's a trap.]]



* BriefAccentImitation: After fleeing from home, Nina calls her family and talks with a south Swedish accent with her father, pretending to be one of Leylas teachers, to be able to talk to her secretly.
* DomesticAbuse: Håkan beats his wife Carina, as well as his father used to beat his mother.
* EvilMatriarch: Leyla's mother.
* FamilyBusiness: Aram owns a restaurant together with his brother Dana and his sister Nadja.
* FamilyHonor: Nina gets accused of having offended her family's honor because she met a boy.
* HeelRealization: Temir and Leo, after [[spoiler:Nina's death.]]
* HonorRelatedAbuse: Leyla's family to her sister Nina, when they think that she had sexual contact with several men. [[spoiler:This ends in the family killing Nina by staging her suicide on a high speed street in Germany.]]
* IHaveNoSon: After Nina [[spoiler: is killed by her family, Leyla, who is non-participant of the murder, asks where her sister's body is]]:
-->'''Leyla''': "Where is Nina?"
-->'''Father''': "You've never had a sister who is called "Nina".
* KubrickStare: Leyla's mother, after Leyla realizes that [[spoiler: her mother mainly staged her sisters death, not her father which she thought first]].
* LonelyFuneral: [[spoiler: Nina.]]
* ManipulativeBastard: Håkan, making his children believe that it's his wife fault that he is hitting her.
* NeverSuicide: [[spoiler: Nina is murdered by her family by being chased over a high speed street. They make it look like suicide.]]
* TheCoronerDothProtestTooMuch: [[spoiler:Leyla's father tells her that her sister Nina killed herself, even though Leyla saw everything of the murder.]]
* ThisMeansWar: One of the gangsters says this word for word after they got thrown out of Aram's restaurant.
* UnPerson: [[spoiler: After killing her, Nina's family destroys all photos of Nina and disavows her.]]

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* BriefAccentImitation: After fleeing from home, Nina calls her family and talks with a south Swedish accent with her father, pretending to be one of Leylas teachers, to be able to talk to her secretly.
* DomesticAbuse: Håkan beats his wife Carina, as well as his father used to beat his mother.
* EvilMatriarch: Leyla's mother.
* FamilyBusiness: Aram owns a restaurant together with his brother Dana and his sister Nadja.
* FamilyHonor: Nina gets accused of having offended her family's honor because she met a boy.
* HeelRealization: Temir and Leo, after [[spoiler:Nina's death.]]
* HonorRelatedAbuse: Leyla's family to her sister Nina, when they think that she had sexual contact with several men. [[spoiler:This ends in the family killing Nina by staging her suicide on a high speed street in Germany.]]
* IHaveNoSon: After Nina [[spoiler: is killed by her family, Leyla, who is non-participant of the murder, asks where her sister's body is]]:
-->'''Leyla''': "Where is Nina?"
-->'''Father''': "You've never had a sister who is called "Nina".
* KubrickStare: Leyla's mother, after Leyla realizes that [[spoiler: her mother mainly staged her sisters death, not her father which she thought first]].
* LonelyFuneral: [[spoiler: Nina.]]
* ManipulativeBastard: Håkan, making his children believe that it's his wife fault that he is hitting her.
* NeverSuicide: [[spoiler: Nina is murdered by her family by being chased over a high speed street. They make it look like suicide.]]
* TheCoronerDothProtestTooMuch: [[spoiler:Leyla's father tells her that her sister Nina killed herself, even though Leyla saw everything of the murder.]]
* ThisMeansWar: One of the gangsters says this word for word after they got thrown out of Aram's restaurant.
* UnPerson: [[spoiler: After killing her, Nina's family destroys all photos of Nina and disavows her.]]
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* EvilMatriarch: Leyla's mother.
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* UnPerson: [[spoiler: After killing her, Nina's family destroys all photos of Nina and disavow her.]]

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* UnPerson: [[spoiler: After killing her, Nina's family destroys all photos of Nina and disavow disavows her.]]
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* HeelRealization: Temir and Leo, after [[spoiler:Nina's death.]]
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* ManipulativeBastard: Håkan, making his children believe that it's his wife fault that he is hitting her.
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* BittersweetEnding: In the end, [[spoiler:all delinquents are caught and will be punished]], but considering the events earlier in the movie, you still cannot feel happy and it makes the impress that the characters feel the same

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* BittersweetEnding: In the end, [[spoiler:all delinquents are caught and will be punished]], but considering the events earlier in the movie, you still cannot feel happy and it makes the impress that the characters feel the same same.
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* BittersweetEnding: In the end, all delinquents are caught and will be punished, but considering the events earlier in the movie, you still cannot feel happy and it makes the impress that the characters feel the same

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* BittersweetEnding: In the end, all [[spoiler:all delinquents are caught and will be punished, punished]], but considering the events earlier in the movie, you still cannot feel happy and it makes the impress that the characters feel the same
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* Brainwashed: Leyla tells this about her brothers Temir and Leo.

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* Brainwashed: {{Brainwashed}}: Leyla tells this about her brothers Temir and Leo.

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* BittersweetEnding: In the end, all delinquents are caught and will be punished, but considering the events earlier in the movie, you still cannot feel happy and it makes the impress that the characters feel the same way.

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* BittersweetEnding: In the end, all delinquents are caught and will be punished, but considering the events earlier in the movie, you still cannot feel happy and it makes the impress that the characters feel the same way.same
* Brainwashed: Leyla tells this about her brothers Temir and Leo.
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* FamilyBuisness: Aram owns a restaurant together with his brother Dana and his sister Nadja.

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* FamilyBuisness: FamilyBusiness: Aram owns a restaurant together with his brother Dana and his sister Nadja.

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