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The Wall

1967 · 91 min

A claustrophobic, philosophical wait for death that weighs every silence and glance with dread.

Directed by
Serge Roullet
Genres
Drama
Starring
Michel del Castillo, Denis Mahaffey, Matthieu Klossowski
Overview
Prisoners await execution by firing squad when they are captured during the Spanish Civil War in this drama taken from the novella by Jean-Paul Sarte. Pablo is a loyalist jailed after he searches for his brother. An Irish mercenary and a Belgian physician are his cellmates. Flashbacks recall their lives before the war as they spend their last moments on Earth waiting for their date with death.

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Directed by
Serge Roullet
Genres
Drama
Starring
Michel del Castillo, Denis Mahaffey, Matthieu Klossowski
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • death
  • fate
  • war
  • isolation
  • morality
Places
  • prison
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour1
Realism7
Romance1
Tension8
Darkness8
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Serge Roullet
Written by
Serge Roullet, Jean-Paul Sartre
Starring
Michel del Castillo, Denis Mahaffey, Matthieu Klossowski, Anna Pacheco, René Darmon, Bernard Anglade, Jorge Lavelli, Claude Esteban
Cinematography
Denys Clerval
Runtime
91 min
Country
France
Languages
English, French, Spanish

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