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Flesh and Fantasy

1967 · 88 min

A slow, moody crime drama of tangled affairs and revenge, with a brooding atmosphere and a tragic end.

Overview: Sorenson uses diamond robbery money to buy clinic in Corsica. His accomplice Dyonis has disappeared. Sorenson takes Dyonis' wife Valerie as mistress. Valerie takes coral fisherman Bernard as lover. Dyonis appears, Sorenson hopes Dyonis will kill Bernard. Bernard becomes lover of Sorenson's wife Katia. Bernard is found murdered, Valerie blames Sorenson, who tries to escape with his robbery fortune. He is pursued by Dyonis, who kills him. Dyonis is caught by police at airport. Katia drowns herself in the sea.

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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: betrayal
obsession
crime
greed
death
Places: countryside
sea
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex strong

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	3
Horror	1
Humour	1
Realism	7
Romance	5
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama
Directed by: José Bénazéraf
Written by: José Bénazéraf
Starring: Valérie Lagrange, Paul Guers, Katia Bartell, Eric Arval, Hans Meyer
Runtime: 88 min
Country: United States of America, France
Languages: French

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