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On Air

2012 · 89 min

A gentle, bittersweet character study that balances witty radio banter with quiet emotional longing.

Directed by: Pierre Pinaud
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Starring: Karin Viard, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Nadia Barentin

Overview: At 40, Molina is the most famous radio host in France: she hosts a nightly call-in show where she answers questions from callers with sexual and emotional problems. When she decides to look for her mother whom she never knew, she discovers her living in the suburbs.

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Directed by: Pierre Pinaud
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Starring: Karin Viard, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Nadia Barentin

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
family
parenthood
isolation
healing
Places: big city
suburbs
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	5
Realism	8
Romance	3
Tension	3
Darkness	4
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: comedy, drama
Directed by: Pierre Pinaud
Written by: Pierre Pinaud
Starring: Karin Viard, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Nadia Barentin, Catherine Hosmalin, Patrick Fierry, Jean-Noël Brouté, Charline Paul, François Bureloup
Runtime: 89 min
Country: France
Languages: French

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