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A Gorgeous Kid Like Me

1972 · 98 min

A wry, talky seduction-and-betrayal comedy that keeps you amused and slightly appalled as a fool falls for a charming liar.

Genres
Comedy, Crime
Overview
Young sociologist Stanislas Previne is writing a thesis on criminal women, so he visits Camille Bliss in prison for an interview. Accused of murdering her husband and her lover, Camille recounts her life and love affairs.

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Genres
Comedy, Crime
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • deception
  • obsession
  • crime
  • betrayal
  • gender
Places
  • big city
  • prison
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • unreliable narrator
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour6
Realism7
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight4

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Genres
comedy, crime
Directed by
François Truffaut
Written by
François Truffaut, Jean-Loup Dabadie
Starring
Bernadette Lafont, Claude Brasseur, Charles Denner, Guy Marchand, André Dussollier, Anne Kreis, Philippe Léotard, Gilberte Géniat
Music
Georges Delerue
Cinematography
Pierre-William Glenn
Runtime
98 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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