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L'Embuscade

1941 · 90 min

A slow, solemn French drama of buried parentage and quiet workplace strain, played with restrained feeling and old-fashioned gravity.

Directed by
Fernand Rivers
Genres
Drama
Starring
Pierre Renoir, Valentine Tessier, Jules Berry
Overview
A young man is hired by an industrialist, while a secret hangs over his birth. His boss's wife turns out to be his mother, who hides the truth from him.

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Directed by
Fernand Rivers
Genres
Drama
Starring
Pierre Renoir, Valentine Tessier, Jules Berry
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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
    • betrayal
    • class
    • guilt
    Places
    • workplace
    • single country house
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror1
    Humour2
    Realism8
    Romance4
    Tension5
    Darkness5
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight7

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Fernand Rivers
    Written by
    Léopold Marchand
    Starring
    Pierre Renoir, Valentine Tessier, Jules Berry, Raymond Aimos, Georges Rollin, Michèle Verly, Francine Bessy, Henri Poupon
    Runtime
    90 min
    Country
    France
    Languages
    French

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