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Dirtie Basterdz

1998 · 24 min

A quiet, tender short about a child's stubborn loyalty, watching a family ceremony through the eyes of someone determined to be heard.

Directed by
Delphine Gleize
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Anaïs Gastout, Fifi, Bruno Ballone
Overview
Sardine, ten, lives with her family in a village in Picardy. On the day of her sister's wedding, she fights with her family to allow her big brother, Ben-Hur, twenty-five, mentally and physically handicapped, to take his natural place for the ceremony : that of the head of the family who gives the bride away.

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Directed by
Delphine Gleize
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Anaïs Gastout, Fifi, Bruno Ballone
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • family
    • identity
    • isolation
    Places
    • countryside
    • single country house
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    teen
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
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    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour3
    Realism8
    Romance1
    Tension3
    Darkness3
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    comedy, drama
    Directed by
    Delphine Gleize
    Starring
    Anaïs Gastout, Fifi, Bruno Ballone, Marie Poujol, Isabèle Chevalier, Elisabeth Degagny
    Runtime
    24 min
    Country
    France
    Languages
    French

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