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Frustrated

2013 · 82 min

A slow, suffocating descent into a killer's mind, leaving you uneasy and complicit.

Tagline
Get under the skin of a serial killer
Overview
Constant humiliation from society and a long drift into solitude slowly turn murder fantasies of Fabrice Lombard into an irrepressible impulse and Fabrice Lombard into a serial killer.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • obsession
  • madness
  • violence
  • identity
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror5
Humour1
Realism8
Romance0
Tension7
Darkness9
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Where to watch in the UK

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Details

Genres
drama, crime
Directed by
Jacques Vendôme
Written by
Jacques Vendôme
Starring
Christophe Cerdan, Marianna Voronkova, Camille Bardery, Aurélie Le Dain, Céline Costa, Ofelia Clermontois, Thomas Didry, Adrienne Muniglia
Music
Jacques Vendôme
Cinematography
Jacques Vendôme
Runtime
82 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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