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The Student and Mister Henri

2015 · 100 min

A gentle, talky comedy-drama that charms with grumpy wit and quiet family tensions, easy to settle into.

Directed by
Ivan Calbérac
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Starring
Claude Brasseur, Guillaume de Tonquédec, Noémie Schmidt
Overview
Because of his wavering health, Monsieur Henri can no longer live alone in his Paris appartment. Particularly grumpy, he ends up nonetheless accepting his son Paul's suggestion that he let one of his rooms out to a young female student. Far from falling for her charms, Henri uses her to orchestrate utter family chaos...

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Directed by
Ivan Calbérac
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Starring
Claude Brasseur, Guillaume de Tonquédec, Noémie Schmidt
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • parenthood
  • aging
  • identity
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Genres
drama, comedy
Directed by
Ivan Calbérac
Written by
Ivan Calbérac
Starring
Claude Brasseur, Guillaume de Tonquédec, Noémie Schmidt, Frédérique Bel, Thomas Solivérès, Valérie Kéruzoré, Antoine Glemain, Grégori Baquet
Music
Laurent Aknin
Cinematography
Vincent Mathias
Runtime
100 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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