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Astragal

2015 · 97 min

A wistful, intimate portrait of restless love and confinement, drifting between longing and absence with a quiet, aching pull.

Directed by: Brigitte Sy
Genres: Romance, Drama
Starring: Leïla Bekhti, Reda Kateb, Esther Garrel

Overview: On a night of April 1957, Albertine, a brillant and rebel 19-year-old girl, jumps from the wall of the prison where she’s serving a sentence for a holdup. In her fall, a bone from her ankle breaks: the astragal. She is rescued by Julien, a justice fugitive, and so is born a burning passion between them. He takes her to Paris and hides her. But while he leads his gangster life here and there, the young woman struggles for her freedom and against the wounds inflicted by Julien’s absence, and writes poetry.

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Directed by: Brigitte Sy
Genres: Romance, Drama
Starring: Leïla Bekhti, Reda Kateb, Esther Garrel

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
freedom
isolation
crime
identity
Places: big city
prison
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	3
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	7
Tension	4
Darkness	6
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: romance, drama
Directed by: Brigitte Sy
Written by: Brigitte Sy, Serge Le Péron
Starring: Leïla Bekhti, Reda Kateb, Esther Garrel, India Hair, Jean-Benoît Ugeux, Jocelyne Desverchère, Louis Garrel, Jean-Charles Dumay
Music: Béatrice Thiriet
Cinematography: Frédéric Serve
Runtime: 97 min
Country: France
Languages: French

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