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Effy grabs passport, but doesn't use it?


When William and Effy first show up to the hotel William is staying at, they ask for Effy's passport. Effy doesn't have it so they go to Effy's house, where we see Effy grab her passport. When they return the hotel, William sneaks Effy in through the back door, thus circumventing the need for the passport.

What was the purpose of Effy grabbing the passport? I doubt she intended to run away with William; she grabbed clothes but those were presumably to change into/travel to William's grandfather, not leave the country.

That whole sequence seemed really weird.

Is it really the law/common practice in Copenhagen/Denmark to require passports to keep on file when checking into hotels? If it is, the only answer I can think of is William snuck her in to avoid any paper trail with her (but why didn't he do that the first time)?

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I was confused by this as well. Wasn't the whole point of her going to her place to get the passport so they can get into the hotel room as you said? Maybe that was their way to show the kind of environment Effy lives in and the whole scene between her mom and the mom's boyfriend. It could've been done more smoothly but maybe they couldn't think of anything else. It did bother me though..when I saw he was back at the hotel lobby I assumed Effy would've been with him and used the darn thing but all of sudden she's waiting outside..wtf??

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Maybe that was their way to show the kind of environment Effy lives in and the whole scene between her mom and the mom's boyfriend. It could've been done more smoothly but maybe they couldn't think of anything else.

This was the only thing I could think of too.

I mean, the front desk agent already saw her face, she was probably on some CCTV recording in the lobby, and they have his info on file. I'm sure there's already more than enough for a criminal investigation/prosecution.

It just seemed weird that they could've tried sneaking in first before going to get a passport.

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Requiring a passport is likely a law rarely enforced, however William was such a douche to that hotel clerk in two scenes earlier in the film (bell ringing) that the clerk decided to exact revenge.

Of course it would be best for her name not be listed as his guest for obvious reasons so they tried sneaking her in but if that failed she would have shown the passport. Their feelings had peaked so highly at that point that they would have done anything for that bedroom time together. It also set up the most beautiful bike scene in the film of them riding through the sleepy streets at sunrise.

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Requiring a passport is likely a law rarely enforced

I tried Googling, but couldn't find anything. I was hoping maybe someone from Denmark would stumble upon this and shed some light.

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This thing somewhat talks about it:
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=127454

The clerk explains it as "Interpol".

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I've travelled in Europe and Asia, and some hotels absolutely insist on it and some don't bother. They are supposed to do it generally, but you know many laws are spottily enforced.

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I thought it was because she was underage. Date of birth is on the passport.

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