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Par amour

2003 · 90 min

A quiet, character-driven French drama that simmers with maternal worry and class friction, leavened by gentle humour.

Directed by
Alain Tasma
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Tv movie
Starring
Marthe Keller, Firmine Richard, Catherine Arditi
Overview
Nicole Doucet is a gourmet chef. Everything is going well professionally for the young woman. Guillaume, her son, is a former drug addict whom she has lost sight of. The day he returns to her restaurant, she discovers that he is married to a woman much older than him. Nicole is suspicious of this idyll and fears that Guillaume will fall back into the infernal spiral of drugs.

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Directed by
Alain Tasma
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Tv movie
Starring
Marthe Keller, Firmine Richard, Catherine Arditi
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • addiction
  • parenthood
  • class
  • love
Places
  • workplace
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism8
Romance4
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama, tv movie
Directed by
Alain Tasma
Written by
Vincent Solignac
Starring
Marthe Keller, Firmine Richard, Catherine Arditi, Sara Martins
Cinematography
Dominique Bouilleret
Runtime
90 min
Languages
French

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