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Il sera 1 fois...

2007 · 78 min

A quiet, dreamlike drift through a child's imagination, gentle and a little melancholy, asking you to wander with it.

Directed by
Sandrine Veysset
Genres
Drama
Starring
Alphonse Emery, Lucie Régnier, Jean-Christophe Bouvet
Overview
Pierrot, a young boy, does not live in the present. One night, Pierrot finds himself face to face with the old man that he will be himself. A strange journey then begins for the unlikely duo.

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Directed by
Sandrine Veysset
Genres
Drama
Starring
Alphonse Emery, Lucie Régnier, Jean-Christophe Bouvet
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • aging
  • memory
  • isolation
  • family
Places
  • countryside
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism5
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Sandrine Veysset
Starring
Alphonse Emery, Lucie Régnier, Jean-Christophe Bouvet, Dominique Reymond
Runtime
78 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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