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Zone reptile

2002 · 90 min

A quiet, introspective drift through suburban restlessness, where music offers the only warmth against a lonely, conformist world.

Directed by
Jerome de Missolz
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Maurice Mathieu, Adrien Aumont, Sarah-Laure Estragnat
Overview
17 year old Mic feels constrained in a world which is not his own: a lower middleclass suburb of Marseilles, conformism... His being different drives him into a loneliness to which rockmusic not only brings tranquillity and comfort but flings him into the adventure of discovering himself.

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Directed by
Jerome de Missolz
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Maurice Mathieu, Adrien Aumont, Sarah-Laure Estragnat
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 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
  • identity
  • isolation
  • coming-of-age
  • music
  • family
Places
  • suburbs
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance4
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Jerome de Missolz
Starring
Maurice Mathieu, Adrien Aumont, Sarah-Laure Estragnat, Jean-Christophe Bouvet, Martine Logier, Jérémie Elkaïm, Pierre Palmi, Jacky Nercessian
Runtime
90 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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