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Burning Ghost

2019 · 107 min

A hushed, dreamlike drift through Paris, tender and sorrowful, asking you to sit quietly with loss and longing.

Directed by
Stéphane Batut
Genres
Drama, Romance, Fantasy
Starring
Thimotée Robart, Judith Chemla, Saadia Bentaïeb
Overview
Juste wanders the streets of Paris looking for people only he can see. He collects their last memory before helping them into the afterlife. One day Agathe, a young woman, recognizes him. She belongs to his previous life. She is alive and he is a ghost. How will they manage to love each other and seize this second chance?

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Directed by
Stéphane Batut
Genres
Drama, Romance, Fantasy
Starring
Thimotée Robart, Judith Chemla, Saadia Bentaïeb
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • death
  • love
  • memory
  • isolation
  • identity
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror3
Humour1
Realism5
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

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