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Green Paradise

2004 · 98 min

A quiet, talky French drama of tangled affections, unfolding gently with a literary, observational patience.

Directed by
Emmanuel Bourdieu
Genres
Romance, Drama
Starring
Denis Podalydès, Natacha Régnier, Clovis Cornillac
Overview
Lucas, a young sociologist, finds in his home village two friends, Isabelle and Simon. Discovering that they almost got married ten years earlier, he sets out to bring them together again. However, Isabelle is in fact falling in love with Lucas. Written by

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Directed by
Emmanuel Bourdieu
Genres
Romance, Drama
Starring
Denis Podalydès, Natacha Régnier, Clovis Cornillac
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • love
    • friendship
    • identity
    Places
    • countryside
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
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    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour2
    Realism8
    Romance6
    Tension3
    Darkness3
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight5

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    Details

    Genres
    romance, drama
    Directed by
    Emmanuel Bourdieu
    Written by
    Marcia Romano, Denis Podalydès, Emmanuel Bourdieu
    Starring
    Denis Podalydès, Natacha Régnier, Clovis Cornillac, Emmanuelle Riva, Nicolas Silberg, Scali Delpeyrat, Catherine Salviat, Saliha Fellahi
    Music
    Grégoire Hetzel
    Cinematography
    Yorick Le Saux
    Runtime
    98 min
    Country
    France
    Languages
    French

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