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Spread Your Wings

2019 · 113 min

A gentle, scenic adventure that pairs a father-son thaw with soaring birds and open skies, easy to watch and quietly moving.

Directed by
Nicolas Vanier
Genres
Adventure, Family
Starring
Jean-Paul Rouve, Louis Vazquez, Mélanie Doutey
Overview
Christian, a visionary scientist, studies wild geese. For his son, a teenager obsessed with video games, the idea of spending a holiday with his father in the wilderness is a nightmare. However, father and son will get together around a crazy project: save a species endangered, thanks to the ultralight of Christian! Then begins an incredible and perilous journey ...

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Directed by
Nicolas Vanier
Genres
Adventure, Family
Starring
Jean-Paul Rouve, Louis Vazquez, Mélanie Doutey
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 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
  • parenthood
  • family
  • nature
  • coming-of-age
  • survival
Places
  • wilderness
  • countryside
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour4
Realism7
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity2
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
adventure, family
Directed by
Nicolas Vanier
Written by
Christian Moullec, Matthieu Petit
Starring
Jean-Paul Rouve, Louis Vazquez, Mélanie Doutey, Frédéric Saurel, Lilou Fogli, Grégori Baquet, Dominique Pinon, Philippe Magnan
Music
Armand Amar
Cinematography
Éric Guichard
Runtime
113 min
Country
Norway, France
Languages
French, Italian

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