QHow much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie?
AFor detailed information about the amounts and types of (a) sex and nudity, (b) violence and gore, (c) profanity, (d) alcohol, drugs, and smoking, and (e) frightening and intense scenes in this movie, consult the IMDb Parents Guide for this movie. The Parents Guide for Let the Right One In can be found here.
QWhy wasn't it nominated for any Oscars?
AAs for the Best Foreign Language Film category, Let the Right One In was considered as the Swedish entry for the 81st Academy Awards presented in 2009, but the Swedish jury selected Jan Troell's Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick (Everlasting Moments) instead. (While Let the Right One In's Swedish general release date was October 24, 2008, which was later than the Academy's cutoff date of September 30, the film was considered that year because of an earlier qualifying run scheduled by the film producers. This qualifying run was canceled once it became clear that the film would not be the official selection. However, this did not make the film eligible for consideration for the following year's Swedish selection as it had already been considered once, all this according to comments by the involved parties to Filmnyheterna.se.) The film was released in the US in 2008, including Los Angeles, which might expectedly have made it eligible for other Oscars at the 81st Academy Awards. However, it did not appear on the Academy's reminder list of pictures eligible for nominations, which may mean that it did not qualify or was not submitted for consideration.
QWhat was the "Be me a little" scene about?
AIt was meant to be followed by a flashback of Eli's backstory, but the filming of the flashback was not completed because it required the castration of a live pig for the scene. Director Tomas Alfredson objected. As he put it in the Bright Lights Film Journal's interview, "That's bad karma."
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