History Film / Utoya22Juli

* DaylightHorror: During the film, the sunny, bright atmosphere builds an extreme contrast to the horrors unfolding before our eyes. This differs from reality as it rained heavily during the actual shooting.
** The theatrical release downplays this as it is shot on a cloudy day, and the lack of light contributes to the depressing atmosphere.

* InverseDialogueDeathRule: [[InvertedTrope Inverted -]] the nameless wounded girl gets about 5 minutes of dying speech, [[spoiler: Kaja herself]] gets less than a second, even a ReallyDeadMontage is denied to [[spoiler: her]] as the plot continues. In the theatrical edition[[spoiler: Kaja does get a little time to utter last words, and a ReallyDeadMontage, but still dies very quickly.]]

* UnseenNoMore: The terrorist finally appears briefly for a few seconds near the end of the film, albeit from [[NothingIsScarier a]] [[DownplayedTrope distance]]

* UnseenNoMore: The terrorist finally appears briefly for a few seconds near the end of the film, albeit from [[NothingIsScarier a]][[DownplayedTrope distance]]

* UnseenNoMore: The terrorist finally appears briefly for a few seconds near the end of the film, albeit from [[NothingIsScarier a]]
[[DownplayedTrope distance]]

* TheHeroDies: [[spoiler: In the end Kaja's penchant for taking unnecessary risks and not caring (enough) for herself catches up with [[spoiler: her]], leading to [[spoiler: her]] being shot and presumably killed. ]]

* AdultFear:
** The film shows exactly what your children can suffer if they are caught in a shooting. In particular it shows that no matter how clever and levelheaded they are, they can still die, and in a horrible way.
** You can only imagine what Kaja's parents went through after they received her call.
* AnyoneCanDie: Given the nature of the film, it's a given.

* TheHeroDies: [[spoiler:Kaja.]]

* RealityEnsues:
** Kaja, having neither medical training nor the right tools, cannot stop the wounded girl from bleeding to death. The jacket could have helped with a leg or arm wound, but not with the wound the girl had.
** In the end [[spoiler: Kaja's]] penchant for taking unnecessary risks and not caring (enough) for herself catches up with [[spoiler: her]], leading to [[spoiler: her]] being shot and presumably killed.

* FamousLastWords:
** "I can." [[spoiler: The little boy, before running into the forest. We don't see him again until his death.]]
** "I want to see my mom!" [[spoiler: The wounded girl.]]
** "I'm gonna live!" [[spoiler: The girl who joins those trying to swim to mainland, Berlinale edition.]]
** "She's where we bathed yesterday." [[spoiler: Oda, answering Kaja's question about Emilie. Sadly, this indirectly results in Kaja's death.]]
** "Oh God!" [[spoiler: Unspecified victim.]]
** "But Emilie..." [[spoiler: Kaja, Berlinale version. She is killed before saying anything else.]]
** "Magnus...Magnus..." [[spoiler: Kaja, theatrical version.]]

** Just minutes before the attack, Kaja tells her mother that Utøya is the "safest place on the world".

** At one point while Kaja sits in a tent, a silhouette walks by on the outside and she keeps completely still and quiet, until the person leaves. We don't know if it was the attacker or just another teenager escaping. The fact that they don't reveal it just makes it way creepier.

''Utøya 22. juli'', also known as ''U: 22 July'' by Erik Poppe is a reenactment of the Breivik Massacre (which happened [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin on the island Utøya on 22. July 2011]]) from the perspective of the victims. Out of respect for the victims, the film features fictional characters instead of people actually there. The film is mostly portrayed from the POV of Kaja, an 18 year old girl, as she runs for her life while also trying to care for others amid the shooting. The film was shot in a single take with the exception of the footage of the Oslo bomb explosion. Note that the Berlinale take is not the same take that later came into regular cinema theaters, and there are subtle changes between them.

* PoliceAreUseless: No police appear on the island for more than 70 minutes. Sadly this was TruthInTelevision - the ending credits point out that the police failed the victims by appearing way too late. Trying to underscore this is also the reason so many deaths happen in the later stages of the movie [[spoiler: including Kaja herself]].

** At one point while Kaja sits in a tent, a silhouette walks by on the outside and she keeps completely still and quiet, until the person leaves. We don't know if it was the attacker or just another teenager escaping.

** "I want to my Mommy!" [[spoiler: The wounded girl.]]

* AdaptationExpansion: In the film, Kaja twice meets a young boy no more than 8-10 years or so, [[spoiler:the second time finding him dead]]. In the real event, the youngest victim of the shooting was 14 years old. There ''was'' an 11-year old boy at the real shooting, but he was actually someone Breivik saw and let live. [[note]] Breivik had killed the boy's father, to which the boy stood up to Breivik and asked him to not kill him too, he was "too young to die". For whatever reason, Breivik conceded (there would be more people he aimed at, then changed his mind before shooting others instead). Another little boy, also present on the island, managed to swim away safely.[[/note]]

* BaitAndSwitch: When Kaja does her AsideComment in the opening scene, it only seems she is talking to the audience. This is because there is no [[ObligatoryEarpieceTouch visual cue]] for us to know that she is in fact on the phone with her mum until she turns her head to reveal the earpiece. A common [[TruthInTelevision real-life phenomenon]] these days.

* BaitAndSwitch: When Kaja does her AsideComment in the opening scene, it only seems she is talking to the audience. This is because there is no [[ObligatoryEarpieceTouch visual cue]] for us to know that she is in fact on the phone with her mum until she turns her head to reveal the earpiece. A common [[TruthInTelevision real-life phenomenon]] these days.

* ObligatoryEarpieceTouch: Averted for a BaitAndSwitch. It looks like Kaja [[BreakingTheFourthWall talks to the audience]] when she does her AsideComment in the opening scene. This is just because there is no visual cue for us to know that she is talking to her mum via earpiece until she turns her head.

* TheGreatestStoryNeverTold: A significant part of [[spoiler:Kaja's]] story is this due to [[spoiler:Kaja's death.]]

* DramaticSlip: One girl falls and presumably breaks her ankle when running from the cafe. Kaja slips too while running through the forest.

* RealityIsUnrealistic: The victims behaving in non-optimal ways ([[spoiler: the little boy keeping his jacket, Kaja standing in the open]]) seem like the writers just handed them the IdiotBall, but this is based on reality. As the book "One of Us" by Asne Seierstad reveals, many of the victims chose inadequate hiding, and when discovered just stayed in place waiting to be shot, not even trying to run away. When the ''real'' police finally arrived, many youngsters mistook them for Breivik's accomplices - and while some just hid deeper, others actually left their hiding place and ''asked to be shot'', having [[DespairEventHorizon abandoned all hope.]]

* PartingWordsRegret: Downplayed. Kaja and Emilie had a dispute before the attack which bears on Kaja's mind when she cannot reach her sister.p