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Marguerite

2015 · 127 min

A cringe-inducing yet tender comedy of delusion, where every well-meant lie tightens the screw before a grand, heartbreaking public reckoning.

Overview: Paris in the 1920s. Marguerite Dumont is a wealthy woman with a passion for music and the opera. For years, she has performed regularly for a circle of guests. But Marguerite sings tragically out of tune and no one has ever told her. Her husband and her close friends have always encouraged her in her illusions. Things become very complicated the day she gets it into her head to perform in front of a genuine public, at the Opera.

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Tone: satiricalstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: deception
identity
art
class
betrayal
Places: big city
single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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

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Genres: comedy, drama, music
Directed by: Xavier Giannoli
Written by: Xavier Giannoli
Starring: Catherine Frot, André Marcon, Michel Fau, Christa Théret, Denis Mpunga, Sylvain Dieuaide, Aubert Fenoy, Sophia Leboutte
Music: Ronan Maillard
Cinematography: Glynn Speeckaert
Runtime: 127 min
Country: Belgium, France, Czech Republic
Languages: French

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