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Cookie

2013 · 98 min

A gentle, human-scale comedy-drama about unexpected care, with a warm tone and a quiet emotional pull.

Directed by
Léa Fazer
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Alice Taglioni, Virginie Efira, Mehdi Nebbou
Overview
Adeline's Chinese housekeeper suddenly disappears, leaving behind a little boy who doesn't speak a word of French. Helped by her sister, she takes care of the child and proceeds to locate the mother.

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Directed by
Léa Fazer
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Alice Taglioni, Virginie Efira, Mehdi Nebbou
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • parenthood
  • identity
  • isolation
  • healing
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism8
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Léa Fazer
Written by
Léa Fazer, Benoît Graffin
Starring
Alice Taglioni, Virginie Efira, Mehdi Nebbou, Scali Delpeyrat, Meriem Serbah, Max Ding, Philippe Lefebvre, Lolita Offenstein
Music
Chkrrr
Cinematography
Christophe Offenstein
Runtime
98 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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