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Formatage

2014

A disorienting, quietly tense puzzle that keeps you unsure whom to trust as memory slips away.

Overview
A man who has completely lost his memory finds himself caught between a woman claiming to be his wife and an intelligence agent who claims she isn't.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 1 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • memory
  • identity
  • deception
  • isolation
  • mystery
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • unreliable narrator
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour1
Realism6
Romance3
Tension7
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Mourad El Khaoudi
Written by
Mourad El Khaoudi
Starring
Fatima Zahra Bennacer, Fehd Benchemsi, Younes Bouab, Mouhcine Malzi, Fatima Herandi Raouya, Nacer Mdaghri
Languages
Arabic

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