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Les détectives du dimanche

1953 · 85 min

A gentle, chatty French caper that ambles along with mild comic mishaps and a soft romantic detour.

Overview
Two state employees, Molot and Maurent, are very fond of detective stories. They open a private eyes agency, which only opens on Sundays. But the clients are rare, and some kind of Arsène Lupin steals their savings. They set out to track so called suspects down but everything backfires on them; however,one fine day, a man knocks on their door: he asks them to shadow his fiancee who may (or may not) be true to him. Maurent falls for her.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 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
  • obsession
  • deception
  • love
  • friendship
  • crime
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism6
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Claude Orval
Starring
Henri Génès, Jeannette Batti, Bernard Lajarrige, Noël Roquevert
Runtime
85 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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