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The Party

1980 · 110 min

A warm, light-hearted look at teenage life and family ups and downs, with a nostalgic, easy-going charm.

Overview
A thirteen-year-old French girl deals with moving to a new city and school in Paris, while at the same time her parents are getting a divorce.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • family
  • love
  • identity
  • parenthood
Places
  • big city
  • school
  • home
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
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism8
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
drama, romance, comedy
Directed by
Claude Pinoteau
Written by
Claude Pinoteau, Danièle Thompson
Starring
Claude Brasseur, Brigitte Fossey, Sophie Marceau, Denise Grey, Jean-Michel Dupuis, Alexandre Sterling, Sheila O'Connor, Alexandra Gonin
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
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Country
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Languages
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