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Le Boudin

2014 · 16 min

A quiet, somber encounter with a stranger's memory, leaving you to sit with the weight of a life taken by force.

Directed by
Salomé Lamas
Genres
Documentary
Overview
‘None of the people who were asked about me had seen me.’ Le Boudin documents the encounter of the young Elias Geißler with the testimony of Nuno Fialho who at the age of 16 was forced to enlist in the French Foreign Legion. ‘I didn’t enlist. They enlisted me.’

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Directed by
Salomé Lamas
Genres
Documentary
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 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
  • trauma
  • identity
  • power
  • memory
  • survival
Places
  • military
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour0
Realism9
Romance0
Tension3
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Salomé Lamas
Runtime
16 min
Country
Germany, Portugal
Languages
German, Portuguese

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