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Le Pion

1978 · 85 min

A gentle, wry French comedy about a downtrodden man finding his voice, with a warm, understated charm.

Directed by
Christian Gion
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Henri Guybet, Claude Jade, Maureen Kerwin
Overview
Humiliated and down on his luck, a superintendent turns his life around when he decides to write a book.

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Directed by
Christian Gion
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Henri Guybet, Claude Jade, Maureen Kerwin
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 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
  • identity
  • class
  • ambition
  • love
  • redemption
Places
  • school
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Christian Gion
Written by
Christian Gion
Starring
Henri Guybet, Claude Jade, Maureen Kerwin, Claude Piéplu, Michel Galabru, Claude Dauphin, Mathieu Vermesh, Stéphane Lievain
Cinematography
Lionel Legros
Runtime
85 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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