Line #2 NightmareFuel/TheBreadwinner

Context NightmareFuel / TheBreadwinner

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2	[[caption-width-right:350:Dear [[VideoGame/{{Thief}} Master Builder]] this elephant is a total abomination!]]
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4	You thought that [[WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfKells Crom Cruach]] and [[WesternAnimation/SongOfTheSea Macha]] were all freaky and scary? Then came this film which was the most darkest and horrid animated film that Creator/CartoonSaloon ever made -- so much horrid violence, child kidnapping, religious violence, terrorism, and other dark elements in this film, not to mention that there's blood when some characters get injured. And what's more, this film is set in the year 2001 (the year of the [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror 9/11 attacks]])!
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6	* The Elephant King (pictured) is plenty intimidating with its red eyes glaring from its huge, always silhouetted form.
7	* The story's premise, with its prominent display of political violence, privation, child abuse and enforced misogyny.
8	* The Taliban barging into the Alizai household and dragging out the crippled Nurullah, with his family unable to do anything but watch.
9	* When travelling to the prison to protest her husband's arrest, Fattema is stopped by a Taliban patrol and brutally beaten in a dark, dirty alley. We're [[GoryDiscretionShot spared the sight of the act]], but the sound of her pained screaming and the bruises we see afterwards paint a very clear picture of what's happening.
10	* An enraged and wild-eyed Idrees chasing Parvana and Shauzia down a rocky hillside, eventually cornering them inside a small cave. He only gives it up once he's called back to join the fight. The sexually predatory overtone of the whole scene doesn't help matters.
11	* To viewers who have experienced domestic abuse or kidnapping, the part of the film where Fattema's cousin tries to drag her and her children to Mazar-i-Sharif by force can hit far too close to home.
12	** Made worse by the cousin's willingness to leave Parvana behind because she wasn't home when he came to bring Fattema and her children to Mazar-i-Sharif. Had he been successful in doing so, Fattema would be stuck in Mazar-i-Sharif with no means to know what happened to her younger daughter.
13	* With the war approaching, the Taliban begin to round up all the prisoners who won't fight for them. We see a group of frightened men [[GoryDiscretionShot being herded out of sight]], then [[SoundOnlyDeath a burst of gunfire]].
14	* The sight and noise of American jets raining fire on the horizon, like mythical monsters coming down from the sky to break the mountains apart.

Context NightmareFuel / TheBreadwinner