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Le bal

2019 · 18 min

A gentle, observant short that lingers on unspoken feelings and the quiet awkwardness of not quite seeing what's in front of you.

Overview
Kader, the trainer of a teenage football team, refuses to see that Estelle has feelings for him. An outing to a nightclub with his best friend will perhaps enable him to see more clearly.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • identity
  • friendship
  • coming-of-age
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour3
Realism8
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Jean-Baptiste Durand
Written by
Jean-Baptiste Durand
Starring
Abdelkader Bouallaga, Élise Lhomeau, Emilia Derou-Bernal, Dimitri Rougeul, Rémi Taffanel, Louka Minnella
Runtime
18 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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