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Lazare

2020 · 100 min

A wry, layered backstage comedy where filmmaking becomes a hall of mirrors, playful yet tinged with melancholy.

Overview
A team of French-Brazilian actors goes to Bucharest in Romania to shoot a film at a lower cost. But the Romanian technical team secretly shoot their own film.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • art
  • deception
  • work
  • identity
  • class
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity7
Emotional weight5

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Where to watch in the UK

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Details

Genres
drama, fantasy, music
Directed by
Philippe Chalem
Starring
Marin Lafitte, Fabrice Scott, Éva Provence, Eminé Meyrem, Milena Straube
Runtime
100 min

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