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Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy

1994 · 100 min

A silly, pun-heavy spoof that bounces from gag to gag, sending up Hollywood thrillers with cheerful chaos and a wink.

Directed by
Alain Berbérian
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Chantal Lauby, Alain Chabat, Dominique Farrugia
Overview
A second-class horror movie has to be shown at Cannes Film Festival, but, before each screening, the projectionist is killed by a mysterious fellow, with hammer and sickle, just as it happens in the film to be shown.

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Directed by
Alain Berbérian
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Chantal Lauby, Alain Chabat, Dominique Farrugia
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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • media
  • celebrity
  • obsession
  • deception
  • art
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror3
Humour8
Realism4
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight2

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Genres
comedy
Directed by
Alain Berbérian
Written by
Chantal Lauby, Dominique Farrugia, Alain Chabat
Starring
Chantal Lauby, Alain Chabat, Dominique Farrugia, Gérard Darmon, Sam Karmann, Jean-Christophe Bouvet, Eric Prat, Marc de Jonge
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
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Country
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Languages
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