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Familiarities

1969 · 93 min

An odd, deadpan visit that keeps tilting into the strange, leaving you unsure whether to laugh or squirm.

Directed by
Felipe Cazals
Genres
Romance, Comedy
Starring
Yolanda Alatorre, Farnesio de Bernal, Juan Luis Buñuel
Overview
Betty is visited by a strange salesman the day she is going away on a trip. He stays in the house as a series of bizarre events occur with his arrival.

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Directed by
Felipe Cazals
Genres
Romance, Comedy
Starring
Yolanda Alatorre, Farnesio de Bernal, Juan Luis Buñuel
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Tone
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 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
  • isolation
  • identity
  • obsession
Places
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror3
Humour5
Realism5
Romance4
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
romance, comedy
Directed by
Felipe Cazals
Written by
Felipe Cazals
Starring
Yolanda Alatorre, Farnesio de Bernal, Juan Luis Buñuel, Felipe Cazals, Arturo Ripstein, Beatriz Martínez, Tomás Pérez Turrent, Pedro Fernández Mirret
Cinematography
Alexis Grivas
Runtime
93 min
Country
Mexico
Languages
Spanish

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