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The Vanishing Lion

2003 · 11 min

A whimsical, slightly eerie Parisian fable that feels like a fleeting, romantic daydream with a touch of mystery.

Directed by: Agnès Varda
Genres: Romance, Fantasy
Starring: Julie Depardieu, Frédérick E. Grasser Hermé, Silvia Urrutia

Overview: An adventure of three characters: Clarisse, a psychic’s apprentice, Lazare, who works at the Parisian catacombs, and the bronze statue of a lion at the Denfert-Rochereau (in the 14th arrondissement). Clarisse and Laraze meet daily, but one day Lazare disappears and the lion disappears as well!

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Directed by: Agnès Varda
Genres: Romance, Fantasy
Starring: Julie Depardieu, Frédérick E. Grasser Hermé, Silvia Urrutia

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Tone: whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 1 of 3
lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: mystery
love
isolation
fate
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	4
Realism	6
Romance	5
Tension	3
Darkness	3
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: romance, fantasy
Directed by: Agnès Varda
Written by: Agnès Varda
Starring: Julie Depardieu, Frédérick E. Grasser Hermé, Silvia Urrutia, David Deciron, Bernard Werber, Valérie Donzelli, Agnès Varda
Music: Joanna Bruzdowicz
Cinematography: Xavier Tauveron, Mathieu Vadepied
Runtime: 11 min
Country: France
Languages: French

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