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Aïssa

2014 · 8 min

Quietly tense and clinical, it puts you inside a young woman's precarious wait as strangers decide her fate.

Directed by
Clément Tréhin-Lalanne
Genres
Drama
Starring
Manda Touré, Bernard Campan
Overview
Aïssa is a Congolese immigrant in France. She says that she is under eighteen but the authorities consider her an adult. To determine if she can be deported, a doctor must give her a physical examination.

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Directed by
Clément Tréhin-Lalanne
Genres
Drama
Starring
Manda Touré, Bernard Campan
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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • immigration
  • identity
  • power
  • isolation
  • justice
Places
  • hospital
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour1
Realism9
Romance0
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Clément Tréhin-Lalanne
Written by
Clément Tréhin-Lalanne
Starring
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Runtime
8 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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