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The Ex

1996 · 97 min

A quiet, rueful French drama about a stalled writer's unraveling, watched with the ache of watching someone sabotage himself.

Directed by
Patrick Jamain
Genres
Tv movie
Starring
Bernard Giraudeau, Christine Boisson, Élisabeth Vitali
Overview
Yann leads a seemingly happy life with his two children and a beautiful, loving, dynamic woman Julianne. Yet he is unhappy. For ten years, he has dreamed of writing a great novel that wins the Prix Goncourt, but all he gets on paper is the adventures of the Hippopoum TV figure and he flies away in the alcohol. One day Julianne is the Norwegian bushes of masculine pleasure and she pulls out with the director of a TV station. A disaster for Yann, because she leaves their children behind him and he is not able to take care of them.

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Directed by
Patrick Jamain
Genres
Tv movie
Starring
Bernard Giraudeau, Christine Boisson, Élisabeth Vitali
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • addiction
  • family
  • identity
  • ambition
  • parenthood
Places
  • home
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour3
Realism8
Romance4
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
tv movie
Directed by
Patrick Jamain
Starring
Bernard Giraudeau, Christine Boisson, Élisabeth Vitali, Alicia Alonso, Antoine Cousin-Mazure, Olivier Achard, Gilles Détroit, Viviane Marcenaro
Runtime
97 min
Languages
French

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