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Tourbillon

1953 · 88 min

A brisk old-fashioned French crime drama where a staged robbery and a wrongful accusation keep the tension quietly simmering.

Overview
Taking advantage of the shooting of a film, gangsters stage a hold -up. A black man, Selim, is unfairly accused.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • deception
  • justice
  • race
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
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
Action3
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
crime, drama
Directed by
Alfred Rode
Written by
Ernst Neubach
Starring
Monique Aïssata, Raymond Cordy, Guy Derlan, Claudine Dupuis, Roger Karl, Darling Légitimus, Marcello Pagliero, Pierre-Louis
Music
Louiguy
Runtime
88 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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