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Thelma

2002 · 95 min

A quiet, talky road movie that unfolds with gentle tension and warmth as two strangers slowly reveal themselves.

Directed by: Pierre-Alain Meier
Genres: Drama
Starring: Pascale Ourbih, Laurent Schilling, Michele Valley

Tagline: What does she have that others don't?
Overview: Vincent, a down-at-the-heels French cab driver, desparately in need of cash for child support is intrigued when Thelma charters his cab for a trip to Crete. As they travel, talk and flirt, they become friends but the situation grows complicated when Vincent discovers that Telma is a trans woman. Will Vincent decide to explore a country that he's never been to?

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Directed by: Pierre-Alain Meier
Genres: Drama
Starring: Pascale Ourbih, Laurent Schilling, Michele Valley

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
friendship
isolation
class
freedom
Places: road trip
countryside
sea
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	0
Humour	3
Realism	8
Romance	3
Tension	4
Darkness	4
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Pierre-Alain Meier
Starring: Pascale Ourbih, Laurent Schilling, Michele Valley, Philippe Duclos, François Germond, Joëlle Fretz, Ian Baldwin, Jacques Michel
Music: Calexico, Yiorgos Mangas
Cinematography: Thomas Hardmeier
Runtime: 95 min
Country: Switzerland, France
Languages: French, Italian

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