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A Friendly Tale...

2020 · 104 min

A wry, talky French comedy of manners where long friendships curdle into envy and quiet score-settling.

Directed by
Daniel Cohen
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Bérénice Bejo, Vincent Cassel, Florence Foresti
Overview
Lea and her husband Marc have known Francis and his wife Karine for a very long time. Over the years, each one of them has been assigned a specific role. The balance and dynamic of the group is blown up when Lea decides to write a novel, which turns into an immediate bestseller…

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Directed by
Daniel Cohen
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Bérénice Bejo, Vincent Cassel, Florence Foresti
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    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • friendship
    • ambition
    • betrayal
    • identity
    • deception
    Places
    • big city
    • home
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
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    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour6
    Realism8
    Romance3
    Tension4
    Darkness3
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight4

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    Genres
    comedy
    Directed by
    Daniel Cohen
    Written by
    Daniel Cohen, Olivier Dazat
    Starring
    Bérénice Bejo, Vincent Cassel, Florence Foresti, François Damiens, Frédéric Deleersnyder, Alexis Corso, Aliocha Itovich, Keren-Ann Zajtelbach
    Music
    Michaël Tordjman, Maxime Desprez
    Cinematography
    Stephan Massis
    Runtime
    104 min
    Country
    France
    Languages
    French, Hungarian

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