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Serial Lover

1998 · 83 min

A frantic, farcical dinner party spirals into blackly comic chaos, keeping you giggling at the mounting absurdity.

Overview
Claire Doste is about to reach the age of 35 and has everything one dreams of, such as having four boyfriends and a creative job in a publishing house specialising in crime novels. One day, she invites all of her boyfriends to her birthday dinner so that she can pick out her would-be fiancé. But an accident happens when Claire is getting the dinner ready.

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Tone
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • deception
  • crime
  • identity
  • betrayal
Places
  • home
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour7
Realism5
Romance4
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
James Huth
Written by
Romain Berthomieu, Hugo Jacomet, James Huth
Starring
Michèle Laroque, Albert Dupontel, Elise Tielrooy, Michel Vuillermoz, Gilles Privat, Zinedine Soualem, Antoine Basler, Didier Bénureau
Music
Bruno Coulais
Cinematography
Jean-Claude Thibaut
Runtime
83 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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