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Trinkets and Dark Thoughts

2016 · 27 min

A dreamy, offbeat drift through a hungover morning, mixing absurd comedy with a quiet, melancholic ache.

Directed by
Alexis Langlois
Genres
Fantasy
Starring
Carlotta Coco, Justine Langlois, Aurélien Deseez
Overview
On a Sunday morning, a group of young revelers enter a large, vacated apartment. Tired drag queens mix with debauched grannies, drunken vagrants and shy virgins over the course of the morning.

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Directed by
Alexis Langlois
Genres
Fantasy
Starring
Carlotta Coco, Justine Langlois, Aurélien Deseez
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How it feels

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Tone
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • isolation
  • found family
  • class
  • gender
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour5
Realism5
Romance2
Tension2
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
fantasy
Directed by
Alexis Langlois
Written by
Alexis Langlois
Starring
Carlotta Coco, Justine Langlois, Aurélien Deseez, Héléna de Laurens, La Bourette, Cadinette, Fred Morin, Chahine Icöne
Cinematography
Victor Zébo
Runtime
27 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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