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Locked Out

2006 · 78 min

A scruffy, off-kilter comic fable that drifts between grimy street realism and dreamlike absurdity, funny and faintly sad.

Overview
Once upon a time, somewhere... a homeless guy finds a policeman's uniform...

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How it feels

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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • isolation
  • crime
  • obsession
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour7
Realism5
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Albert Dupontel
Written by
Guillaume Laurant, Albert Dupontel
Starring
Albert Dupontel, Claude Perron, Nicolas Marié, Hélène Vincent, Yolande Moreau, Bouli Lanners, Bruno Lochet, Serge Riaboukine
Music
Ramon Pipin
Cinematography
Benoît Debie
Runtime
78 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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