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Baccara

1935 · 91 min

A breezy, talky French comedy of manners where crooks and lovers trade witty barbs around casino tables.

Directed by: Yves Mirande
Genres: Comedy, Crime
Starring: Marcelle Chantal, Lucien Baroux, Jules Berry

Overview: A rich banker is actually a crook. His mistress, an alien, wants to become French and the only way is to marry a Frenchman.

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Directed by: Yves Mirande
Genres: Comedy, Crime
Starring: Marcelle Chantal, Lucien Baroux, Jules Berry

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Tone: lightstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 1 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: crime
deception
love
identity
class
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Humour	6
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Romance	5
Tension	4
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Complexity	5
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: comedy, crime
Directed by: Yves Mirande
Written by: Yves Mirande
Starring: Marcelle Chantal, Lucien Baroux, Jules Berry, Marcel André, Paul Clerget, Léon Arvel, Emile Saulieu, Claude Marty
Runtime: 91 min
Country: France
Languages: French

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