Line #28 Film/BonnieAndBonnie


1	[[quoteright:247:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bonnie_and_bonnie.jpg]]
2	Yara, a young German woman from an Albanian Muslim family, runs into Kiki by playing a prank, and finds herself slowly drawn toward her. Even as their romance blossoms however Yara's father is arranging a marriage for her. In defiance of this, the couple run off together with the police and Yara's brother Bekim pursuing them.
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5	* AmbiguouslyBi: Yara rejects the term "lesbian" for herself, but doesn't seem sure of what her sexuality is after being with a woman, though she adds that it doesn't matter as well.
6	* ArrangedMarriage: Yara is facing this while she falls for Kiki, to her dismay.
7	* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Kiki dies, but Yara didn't have to do more than a year in prison apparently. She's seen at a place Kiki liked a year later.]]
8	* BreakHisHeartToSaveHim: Kiki, after being injured and afraid she'll slow down Yara from escaping, tells her to go while claiming she doesn't really love her. Yara refuses to believe it however, staying with her.
9	* BuryYourGays: [[spoiler:Kiki is shot dead by the police toward the end, as it looks like she's about to shoot Bekim.]]
10	* ClosetGay: Yara is closeted in regards to her attraction for women (or at least Kiki) until she's forcibly outed, because of her homophobic family.
11	* ClosetKey: Yara doesn't seem to have been attracted by women before meeting Kiki.
12	* CultureClash: Yara is like most German young people, wearing skimpy clothes, partying and loves to do hip-hop, things which her conservative Muslim father would not like. This is even before she's started to date a woman.
13	* ForbiddenLove: Yara's relationship with another woman is condemned by her Muslim family and the wider community.
14	* ForcedOutOfTheCloset: Yara's secret relationship with Kiki is discovered by someone else, then disclosed to her very disapproving brother.
15	* HeteronormativeCrusader: Yara's father and brother react badly to her being with a woman, saying that she's shamed them (a video of the pair topless ended up on [=YouTube=]). Kiki's boss also fires her, saying that as a lesbian she's "scum", and also refuses to give her her last pay.
16	* IHaveNoSon: Yara's older sister Leyla was disowned for marrying someone whom her father didn't approve of (implied to be a non-Muslim) and moved away. Her sister resents her "abandoning" them though Yara comes to understand after doing much the same thing over her forbidden love for Kiki.
17	* InstantHumiliationJustAddYouTube: Yara and Kiki are filmed while fighting with Bekim, Yara's brother, topless in Kiki's room. It's put on [=YouTube=], with thousands viewing it.
18	* MasculineFeminineGayCouple: Kiki is short-haired and somewhat tomboyish. Yara is long-haired and more girly.
19	* MissingMom: Yara's mother apparently died, since she's not around in the present.
20	* OneHeadTaller: Kiki is about this much taller than Yara, as particularly seen when they kiss and are up close together.
21	* OutOfTheClosetIntoTheFire: After her relationship with Kiki gets disclosed to Yara's brother, Yara is coerced into an arranged marriage by her father, and has to run away to escape this.
22	* QueerRomance: The story of two young German woman, Yara and Kiki, falling in love and running away together, defying the wishes of Yara's family.
23	* SecretRelationship: Yara keeps her relationship with Kiki secret, knowing it would be condemned by her Muslim family and community as they're both women.
24	* SexyDiscretionShot: As Yara and Kiki start to have sex, the scene fades away to afterward with them lying on the bed together.
25	* StarCrossedLovers: Yara and Kiki can't openly be together, since Yara's family doesn't approve of her being with a woman. They run away together, but [[spoiler:sadly Kiki is killed]].
26	* TapOnTheHead: Kiki twice breaks things over men's heads, and they're barely affected, only briefly falling before getting up again.
27	* TitleDrop: The German press dubs Yara and Kiki this after they go on the lam in the film's final act, in a take off from the notorious American outlaw couple.
28	* WouldHitAGirl: Bekim hits Kiki without hesitation.

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