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Family Resemblances

1996 · 110 min

A sharp, talky ensemble piece that feels like eavesdropping on a family dinner where every polite smile hides a sting.

Overview
An upper middle-class French family celebrates a birthday in a restaurant. In one evening and during one meal, family history, tensions, collective and separate grudges, delights, and memories both clash and coalesce.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • betrayal
  • identity
  • class
  • grief
Places
  • workplace
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour7
Realism8
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Cédric Klapisch
Written by
Jean-Pierre Bacri, Agnès Jaoui, Cédric Klapisch
Starring
Jean-Pierre Bacri, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Catherine Frot, Agnès Jaoui, Claire Maurier, Wladimir Yordanoff, Alain Guillo, Cédric Klapisch
Music
Philippe Eidel
Cinematography
Benoît Delhomme
Runtime
110 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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