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Poster for Daddy

Daddy

1973 · 90 min

An unsettling, dreamlike provocation that blurs memory and fantasy, demanding patience as it drifts through raw, uncomfortable imagery.

Overview
A woman attempts to exorcise the influence of her sexually domineering father.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • trauma
  • family
  • identity
  • sexuality
  • memory
Places
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • unreliable narrator
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror4
Humour2
Realism4
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity8
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Niki de Saint Phalle, Peter Whitehead
Written by
Niki de Saint Phalle
Starring
Niki de Saint Phalle, Rainer Diez, Mia Martin, Clarice Mary, Marcel Lefranc, Jean-Pierre Raymond, Sere Inhof
Music
Peter Whitehead
Runtime
90 min
Country
France, United Kingdom
Languages
English

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