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La flambée

1934 · 82 min

A stately, dialogue-driven drama of duty and marital strain, tense but restrained, with the weight of old-stage theatricality.

Overview
A commander who had devised helpful defenses for his country kills a spy who'd tried to entrap him.The officer's young wife who had been thinking of leaving him for a minister, rallies to his side.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • betrayal
  • loyalty
  • war
  • morality
  • love
Places
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour1
Realism7
Romance4
Tension6
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Jean de Marguenat
Starring
Pierre Arnaudy, Léon Arvel, Germaine Brière, Paul Denneville, Gaston Dupray, René Fleur, Louis Florencie, Jacques Grétillat
Runtime
82 min
Languages
French

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