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Hibernatus

1969 · 82 min

A light, frantic farce of mistaken eras, carried by comic bluster and the absurdity of keeping up a frozen-in-time illusion.

Genres
Comedy, Science fiction
Overview
Hubert de Tartas' life becomes a complete muddle when his wife's grandfather is unearthed after having spent 65 years in frozen hibernation in the polar circle. After being de-frosted, the Hibernating Man believes it is still the beginning of the century. Nothing is spared to keep that illusion alive. At the end of his rope, Hubert blurts out the truth and takes the man from Edwardian times on a crazy spree through an ultramodern Twentieth Century.

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Comedy, Science fiction
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Tone
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • identity
  • deception
  • class
  • aging
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour8
Realism4
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Genres
comedy, science fiction
Directed by
Édouard Molinaro
Written by
Jacques Vilfrid
Starring
Louis de Funès, Claude Gensac, Bernard Alane, Olivier de Funès, Paul Préboist, Martine Kelly, Claude Piéplu, Michael Lonsdale
Music
Georges Delerue
Runtime
82 min
Country
France, Italy
Languages
Danish, French, English

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