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Family Is Family

2018 · 107 min

A breezy, good-natured culture-clash comedy that coasts on broad laughs and a warm heart.

Directed by: Dany Boon
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Dany Boon, Line Renaud, Laurence Arné

Overview: Valentin D is a hot designer architect who claims to be an orphan because he is too ashamed to admit he is the son of working-class scrap metal merchants from the north of France.

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Directed by: Dany Boon
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Dany Boon, Line Renaud, Laurence Arné

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Tone: lightstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
class
identity
betrayal
redemption
Places: big city
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	0
Humour	7
Realism	7
Romance	3
Tension	3
Darkness	2
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: comedy
Directed by: Dany Boon
Written by: Dany Boon, Sarah Kaminsky
Starring: Dany Boon, Line Renaud, Laurence Arné, Valérie Bonneton, Guy Lecluyse, François Berléand, Pierre Richard, Juliane Lepoureau
Music: Maxime Desprez, Michaël Tordjman
Cinematography: Denis Rouden
Runtime: 107 min
Country: France
Languages: French

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