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Thérèse

2012 · 110 min

A suffocating, quietly tense portrait of a woman trapped in provincial respectability, watching her inner rebellion curdle into something cold and unsettling.

Directed by
Claude Miller
Genres
Drama
Starring
Audrey Tautou, Gilles Lellouche, Anaïs Demoustier
Tagline
The fate of a woman.
Overview
An unhappily married woman struggles to break free from social pressures and her boring suburban setting.

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Directed by
Claude Miller
Genres
Drama
Starring
Audrey Tautou, Gilles Lellouche, Anaïs Demoustier
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • identity
  • freedom
  • betrayal
  • family
Places
  • countryside
  • single country house
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour1
Realism8
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Claude Miller
Written by
Natalie Carter, Claude Miller
Starring
Audrey Tautou, Gilles Lellouche, Anaïs Demoustier, Stanley Weber, Yves Jacques, Francis Perrin, Isabelle Sadoyan, Catherine Arditi
Cinematography
Gérard de Battista
Runtime
110 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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