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Nocturama

2016 · 130 min

A slow, hypnotic descent into radicalism and its hollow aftermath, unsettling and morally ambiguous.

Directed by: Bertrand Bonello
Genres: Drama, Thriller
Starring: Finnegan Oldfield, Vincent Rottiers, Hamza Meziani

Overview: Some young folks, tired of the society they're living in, plan a bomb attack over Paris before taking shelter for a night in a shopping center.

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Directed by: Bertrand Bonello
Genres: Drama, Thriller
Starring: Finnegan Oldfield, Vincent Rottiers, Hamza Meziani

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 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: politics
violence
isolation
identity
class
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Realism	7
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Darkness	8
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama, thriller
Directed by: Bertrand Bonello
Written by: Bertrand Bonello
Starring: Finnegan Oldfield, Vincent Rottiers, Hamza Meziani, Manal Issa, Laure Valentinelli, Martin Petit-Guyot, Jamil McCraven, Rabah Nait Oufella
Music: Bertrand Bonello
Cinematography: Léo Hinstin
Runtime: 130 min
Country: Belgium, France, Germany
Languages: French

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