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Animal

1977 · 100 min

A breezy, silly caper full of slapstick stunts and disguises, easy to watch and cheerfully forgettable.

Overview: Mike (Jean-Paul Belmondo) is a stuntman who works with his girlfriend Jane (Raquel Welch). On their wedding day Mike and Jane are forced by producers to do a stunt for a film they are working on. Mike, annoyed doesn't look on the road and crashes the car causing them to end up in a hospital. After they come out Jane doesn't want to talk to Mike so he decides to get her a job in a film in which he is a stunt double for his double who is a star in action pictures but is in fact a wimp.

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Tone: absurdstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 1 of 3
campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
identity
work
deception
class
Places: big city
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	5
Horror	0
Humour	7
Realism	4
Romance	5
Tension	3
Darkness	2
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	3

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Genres: comedy
Directed by: Claude Zidi
Written by: Michel Audiard
Starring: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Raquel Welch, Dany Saval, Charles Gérard, Raymond Gérôme, Julien Guiomar, Aldo Maccione, Mario David
Music: Vladimir Cosma
Cinematography: Claude Renoir
Runtime: 100 min
Country: France
Languages: French

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