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Faux frère

1991 · 95 min

A quiet, earnest character study that follows a lost teenager's struggle to be someone else, feeling tender and uneasy by turns.

Genres
Tv movie, Drama
Overview
Pascal is a runaway teen who wants a new identity, a new family, a new life, but cannot really escape who he is. He's living his teens between his true soul and pretended self, acting like someone else when he does not even know who he is.
How it feels
Melancholic, earnest and tense. Measured and needs your attention.
About
Identity, coming-of-age, isolation, family
Content
Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
Note
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Tv movie, Drama
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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
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
tv movie, drama
Directed by
Vincent Martorana
Starring
Emmanuel Montes, Emmanuelle Lepoutre, Marie Dubois
Runtime
95 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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