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The Consolation

2017 · 89 min

A quiet, unsettling dive into buried memory, carried by a raw lead performance and a slow, painful reckoning.

Directed by
Magaly Richard-Serrano
Genres
Drama, Tv movie
Starring
Lou Gable, Émilie Dequenne, Philip Schurer
Overview
Victim of vertigo and unexplained discomfort, Flavie, a television host, resolves to consult a psychiatrist. The latter suggests a test of the past that she would have concealed and proposes to browse together a photo-album of her childhood. The cliché of a teenager with a sad look will wake up buried memories ...

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Directed by
Magaly Richard-Serrano
Genres
Drama, Tv movie
Starring
Lou Gable, Émilie Dequenne, Philip Schurer
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • memory
  • trauma
  • identity
  • grief
  • healing
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, tv movie
Directed by
Magaly Richard-Serrano
Written by
Magaly Richard-Serrano, Flavie Flament
Starring
Lou Gable, Émilie Dequenne, Philip Schurer, Léa Drucker, Xavier Mathieu, Patrick Préjean, Hugo Chalan Marchio, Hervé Pierre
Music
Louis Sclavis
Cinematography
Pénélope Pourriat
Runtime
89 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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