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Le Secret d'Elissa Rhaïs

1993 · 100 min

A quiet, literary period piece about self-invention, watched with the pleasure of watching a clever impostor navigate polite society.

Overview
After a confinement in a harem, an illiterate Algerian takes her revenge by reinventing herself as a writer. Under the name of Elissa Rhaïs, she becomes the darling of the literary Paris of the inter-war period, in search of oriental fantasies.
How it feels
Measured and needs your attention.
About
Identity, deception, class, gender
Content
Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
Note
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    Places
    Era
    period
    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
    Humour2
    Realism8
    Romance3
    Tension3
    Darkness4
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight6

    Cast

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    Details

    Directed by
    Jacques Otmezguine
    Written by
    Catherine Breillat, Isabelle Brault, Jacques Otmezguine, Yves Dangerfield
    Starring
    Anne Canovas, Emmanuel Salinger, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Carine Lemaire, Chafia Boudraa, Alain Jancy
    Runtime
    100 min
    Country
    France
    Languages
    French

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