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Paper Flags

2019 · 102 min

A quiet, tender study of sibling reconnection, balancing warmth and unease as old wounds surface.

Directed by
Nathan Ambrosioni
Genres
Drama
Starring
Noémie Merlant, Guillaume Gouix, Sébastien Houbani
Overview
He is 30 and just got out of jail after 12 years of detention. She is almost 24 and has a simple life away from the city. One day, he comes to her and she let him stay with her. That's complicated when your older brother needs to get back to a normal life. Between tenderness and bursts of laughter, his anger is sometimes out of control. However, she wants to help him. As for him, he wants to meet with his sister again.

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Directed by
Nathan Ambrosioni
Genres
Drama
Starring
Noémie Merlant, Guillaume Gouix, Sébastien Houbani
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • redemption
  • trauma
  • healing
  • isolation
Places
  • countryside
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
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
Humour3
Realism8
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Nathan Ambrosioni
Written by
Nathan Ambrosioni
Starring
Noémie Merlant, Guillaume Gouix, Sébastien Houbani, Jérôme Kircher, Alysson Paradis, Anne Loiret, Julian Ciais, Jules Vallauri
Music
Matthew Otto
Cinematography
Raphaël Vandenbussche
Runtime
102 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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