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| - Let The Right One In, based on the novel by John Ajvide Lind qvist, depicts Oskar, a shy, bullied 12 year-old boy who lives with his single mother in Stockholm, Sweden. <default>"Let the Right One In" Oskar</default> Label Label He is teased because he is different from the other students but he keeps this from his mother by making up an excuse when he comes home with a cut on his face caused by the bullies hitting him. One night, a taxi pulls up to his apartment complex brining an older man and a younger girl to the vacant apartment next door. Oskar watches his new neighbors standing in the snow and unloading their belongings from the taxi. One night as Oscar is angrily stabbing a tree with a small knife, practicing to fight back against the bullies, Eli, the younger girl, befriends him. Oskar is captivated by Eli and is intrigued by her ways such as not being bothered by the cold. As their relationship grows, Eli encourages Oskar to stand up to the bullies that have been tormenting his life. The two eventually fall in love and look after each other. During the final scenes of the movie, Oskar saves Eli from being burned by sunlight when she is asleep and Eli comes back to kill the boys who bullied Oskar at the school pool when they are holding him under water.
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