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Everybody Calls Me Mike

2023 · 87 min

A slow dread builds as a trusting family at sea lets a stranger aboard, keeping you tense and uneasy throughout.

Directed by
Guillaume Bonnier
Genres
Thriller
Starring
Abderissaak Mohamed, Daphné Patakia, Pierre Lottin
Overview
Thibault, Isabelle and their son Jeremie board their sailboat Joshua to sail the world and live a new life. The Gulf of Aden is watched over by Somali pirates, and while stopping in Djibouti, the happy family meets Mike, a black they know nothing about but innately trust. Inviting Mike to board the ship, the quartet travels onward in their sailboat…

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Directed by
Guillaume Bonnier
Genres
Thriller
Starring
Abderissaak Mohamed, Daphné Patakia, Pierre Lottin
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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 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
  • deception
  • betrayal
  • survival
  • isolation
  • family
Places
  • sea
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror3
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Genres
thriller
Directed by
Guillaume Bonnier
Written by
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Starring
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Cinematography
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Runtime
87 min
Country
France
Languages
Arabic, French, Somali

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