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Let the Right One In

Cast

K�re Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar, Henrik Dahl View All

Crew

Tomas Alfredson (Director), John Ajvide Lindqvist (Writer) View All

Release: Oct. 24th, 2008

Runtime: 1 hour, 55 minutes

Set in 1982 in the suburb of Blackeberg, Stockholm, twelve-year-old Oskar is a lonely outsider, bullied at school by his classmates; at home, Oskar dreams of revenge against a trio of bullies. He befriends his twelve-year-old, next-door neighbor Eli, who only appears at night in the snow-covered playground outside their building.

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Used Future
Let The Right One In aka L den r e komma in (Tomas Alfredson 2008) - Adapted for the screen by John Ajvide Lindqvist from his critically acclaimed novel Let The Right One In is a tender film about friendship, love, loneliness and loyalty.

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CiCi
It's quite possible that she did truly love him, and wanted him to be with him forever (the books support this theory) however, it's also just as possible that Eli was manipulating Oskar right from that start and intends to make him her next "Hakan" who himself is a perfect foreshadowing of what possibly awaits Oskar should he stay with Eli.

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