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The Fox and the Child

2007 · 96 min

A quiet, sun-dappled wander through forest seasons, patient and tender, with a gentle sting of loss and hard-won understanding.

Directed by
Luc Jacquet
Genres
Adventure, Family
Overview
A young girl of about 10 years lives in a solitary peasant's house on the edge of the jurassic mountains in the East of France. One day in autumn, when she is on her way to school through the forest, she observes a hunting fox. Of course, the fox flees from her, but the girl feels a strong desire to meet the fox again.

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Directed by
Luc Jacquet
Genres
Adventure, Family
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 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
  • nature
  • coming-of-age
  • friendship
  • isolation
  • healing
Places
  • countryside
  • wilderness
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance0
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
adventure, family
Directed by
Luc Jacquet
Written by
Eric Rognard, Luc Jacquet
Starring
Bertille Noël-Bruneau, Isabelle Carré, Thomas Laliberté, Camille Lambert
Music
Alice Lewis, David Reyes
Cinematography
Eric Dumage, François Royet
Runtime
96 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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