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Le Guépiot

1981 · 90 min

A sombre, quietly painful watch, heavy with the loneliness of a child trapped among hostile adults.

Overview
A girl is placed in a strict Catholic boarding school by her hateful mother after the divorce of her parents. There she is physically and psychologically tortured by the nuns because of her brutal use of language and anti-clerical upbringing. Her only moments of joy are the visits of her father.

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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • isolation
    • family
    • trauma
    • power
    • identity
    Places
    • school
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror3
    Humour1
    Realism7
    Romance0
    Tension5
    Darkness7
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight8

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    József Pilissy
    Written by
    József Pilissy
    Starring
    Emilie Mongenet, Bernard Fresson, Évelyne, Juliette Mills, Annie Bertin, Rose Thiéry, Gérard Croce, Gaétane de Soos
    Music
    Gérard Gustin
    Cinematography
    Jean Badal
    Runtime
    90 min
    Languages
    French

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