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Peaceful

2021 · 120 min

A quiet, emotionally raw chamber piece that sits with a family facing death, asking for patience and rewarding it with deep feeling.

Directed by
Emmanuelle Bercot
Genres
Drama
Starring
Catherine Deneuve, Benoît Magimel, Cécile de France
Overview
A son in denial of a serious illness. A mother facing the unbearable. And between them a doctor fighting to do his job and bring them to acceptance. The three of them have one year and four seasons to come together and understand what it means to die while living.

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Directed by
Emmanuelle Bercot
Genres
Drama
Starring
Catherine Deneuve, Benoît Magimel, Cécile de France
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 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
  • family
  • grief
  • healing
  • parenthood
Places
  • hospital
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight9

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Emmanuelle Bercot
Written by
Marcia Romano, Emmanuelle Bercot
Starring
Catherine Deneuve, Benoît Magimel, Cécile de France, Gabriel Sara, Oscar Morgan, Lou Lampros, Melissa George, Clément Ducol
Music
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Cinematography
Mathieu Caudroy, Yves Cape
Runtime
120 min
Country
France
Languages
French, English

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