Movie

Messidor

1979 · 123 min

A quiet, drifting road movie that slowly tightens into unease, leaving you with a chill of alienation rather than spectacle.

Overview: Two young women from very different backgrounds journey into the countryside seeking respite from unsatisfactory lives and relationships, but ultimately find that there is no way back to the world they once knew.
How it feels: Melancholic, tense, bleak and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Isolation, freedom, identity, violence
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
freedom
identity
violence
fate
Places: countryside
road trip
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Genres: adventure, drama
Directed by: Alain Tanner
Written by: Alain Tanner
Starring: Clémentine Amouroux, Catherine Rétoré, Franziskus Abgottspon, Hansjorg Bedschard, Jörg Reichlin, René Besson, Jürgen Brügger, Walter Doppler
Music: Arié Dzierlatka
Cinematography: Renato Berta
Runtime: 123 min
Country: France, Switzerland
Languages: German, French