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Lo Païs

1973 · 90 min

A quiet, observant journey of displacement and belonging, slow and reflective, with a gentle melancholy.

Directed by: Gérard Guérin
Genres: Drama
Starring: Olivier Bousquet, Nada Strancar, Anne-Marie Coffinet

Overview: Brittany is ethnically rather different from the rest of France and is the home of the largest number of Celtic-speakers outside of the British Isles and Ireland. This French film follows one young man who leaves his Breton homeland and journeys to Paris with the intention of living there. Despite some success in finding work and friends, Paris is not home and the Parisians are not family, so he returns to work with his own people.

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Directed by: Gérard Guérin
Genres: Drama
Starring: Olivier Bousquet, Nada Strancar, Anne-Marie Coffinet

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
isolation
family
work
immigration
Places: big city
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	2
Tension	3
Darkness	4
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Gérard Guérin
Written by: Jean-Pierre Bastid, Gérard Mordillat
Starring: Olivier Bousquet, Nada Strancar, Anne-Marie Coffinet, Raymond Miquelestorena, Anny Nelsen, Lucien Debru
Cinematography: Jean Monsigny
Runtime: 90 min
Country: France
Languages: French

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