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Less and Less

2008 · 7 min

A brief, fragmentary plunge into a fading mind, where fleeting happy images dissolve into confusion and loss, leaving a quiet ache.

Overview
Lisa, a young woman, tries to remember moments of her life with the help of her doctor. Voices resonate, images intermingle... moments of happiness suddenly appear. A few seconds later, she has already forgotten. The disease progresses. Life fades away.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 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
  • memory
  • identity
  • death
  • grief
  • isolation
Places
  • hospital
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror2
Humour1
Realism7
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Mélanie Laurent
Written by
Mélanie Laurent
Starring
Éric Caravaca, Delphine Benattard, Julien Boisselier, Mélanie Doutey, Mathieu Laurent
Music
Christophe Boutin
Cinematography
Jérôme Alméras
Runtime
7 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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