Movie
Le manteau
1996 · 70 min
A quiet, cerebral puzzle that drifts through centuries like a whispered secret, asking you to piece together a mystery that never quite resolves.
- Directed by
- Robert Kramer
- Overview
- A director accepted to inquire about a mysterious coat stolen in Peru during the XVIth century. Who wove this coat? Why do those that touch it disappear? With the help of an archeologist, he retraces the itinerary of the mysterious garment: ripped off a mummy by a conquistador, brought back to Barcelona and confiscated by the clergy, taken by the French when Napoleon's troops ransacked the city, hidden on a French farm, the coat finally arrived in Berlin in 1945 in the suitcase of a fleeing SS officer...
- How it feels
- Eerie, melancholic and tense. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
- About
- Mystery, memory, obsession, colonialism
- Content
- Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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