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Le double

1923 · 67 min

A quiet, unsettling silent-era drama that turns a clinical study of the mind into something strange and uneasy.

Overview
A doctor researched the duplication of personality , and found in the person of René de Varennes, who had attempted suicide, a subject of study.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • madness
  • obsession
  • science
  • isolation
Places
None
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
Action1
Horror2
Humour1
Realism6
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Alexandre Ryder
Written by
Alexandre Ryder, Georges Vally
Starring
Jean Lorette, Henri Maillard, Simone Vaudry, Tania Daleyme, Louis Dory, Fabien Haziza
Runtime
67 min
Country
France

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