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Who You Think I Am

2019 · 101 min

An intimate, unsettling dive into desire and self-deception, blurring truth and fiction through therapy sessions and online personas.

Overview
Claire, a 50-year-old divorced teacher, creates a fake Facebook profile of a 24-year-old woman to catfish Alex, the roommate of her former lover, Ludo.

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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • obsession
  • deception
  • loneliness
  • trauma
Places
  • big city
  • hospital
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • unreliable narrator
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
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Scales, 0 to 10
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Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism8
Romance6
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Safy Nebbou
Written by
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Starring
Juliette Binoche, Nicole Garcia, François Civil, Marie-Ange Casta, Guillaume Gouix, Charles Berling, Jules Houplain, Jules Gauzelin
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
101 min
Country
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Languages
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