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Keep an Eye Out

2018 · 73 min

A dizzying, deadpan farce that keeps folding reality inside itself, leaving you laughing and disoriented in equal measure.

Directed by: Quentin Dupieux
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Benoît Poelvoorde, Grégoire Ludig, Marc Fraize

Overview: Louis just found the corpse of a man in front of his apartment building. Taken in for custody by Captain Buron, he finds himself on the wrong end of a surreal interrogation. But how can you prove you are innocent when the cops are crazy?

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Directed by: Quentin Dupieux
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Benoît Poelvoorde, Grégoire Ludig, Marc Fraize

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Tone
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: deception
identity
madness
crime
Places: workplace
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
single location
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	2
Horror	3
Humour	8
Realism	3
Romance	1
Tension	5
Darkness	6
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	3

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Genres: comedy
Directed by: Quentin Dupieux
Written by: Quentin Dupieux
Starring: Benoît Poelvoorde, Grégoire Ludig, Marc Fraize, Anaïs Demoustier, Philippe Duquesne, Jacky Lambert, Orelsan, Vincent Grass
Music: David Sztanke
Cinematography: Quentin Dupieux
Runtime: 73 min
Country: Belgium, France
Languages: French

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