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Narayana

1920 · 61 min

A silent, dreamlike fable that unfolds slowly, asking you to lean in and read its haunted, moral weight in faces and gestures.

Directed by
Léon Poirier
Genres
Drama
Overview
Loosely based on Balzac's novel "La peau de chagrin", the story revolves around a man who steals a small, magical figurine named Narayana.

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Directed by
Léon Poirier
Genres
Drama
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 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
  • greed
  • obsession
  • fate
  • morality
  • death
Places
None
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Action2
Horror3
Humour1
Realism4
Romance3
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Léon Poirier
Starring
Edmond van Daële, Laurence Myrga, Marcelle Souty, Marguerite Madys, Charles Norville, Jacques Robert
Cinematography
André Lecurieux
Runtime
61 min
Country
France
Languages
No Language

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