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On His Side

2025 · 18 min

A quiet, tense village drama that slowly tightens around you as rumours harden into an unsettling moral test.

Overview
After his big brother's arrest, rumours start spreading in Jules' village. They turn out to be true, step by step, forcing the young man to face an unsettling truth and a moral dilemma.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 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
  • family
  • loyalty
  • morality
  • deception
  • guilt
Places
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour0
Realism8
Romance0
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Tristan Poite
Written by
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Starring
Solal Feldbusch, Makenzy Lombet, Laurent Caron, Catherine Salée, Ezéchiel Androdiome, Leïla Quinet, Louise Gotfryd, Enzo Ragazzon
Cinematography
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Runtime
18 min
Country
Belgium
Languages
French

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