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The Patriots

1994 · 142 min

A slow-burning, cerebral spy drama that immerses you in moral ambiguity and quiet tension, leaving a lingering sense of unease.

Directed by
Éric Rochant
Genres
Drama, Crime
Starring
Yvan Attal, Richard Masur, Allen Garfield
Tagline
Manipulation is our business
Overview
Ariel, a young French Jew, decides to leave his family to go to Israel and secretly become an agent of Mossad, the Israeli secret service. After years of training, his first mission is in Paris to steal secrets from Remy Prieur, a French atomic scientist.

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Directed by
Éric Rochant
Genres
Drama, Crime
Starring
Yvan Attal, Richard Masur, Allen Garfield
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • betrayal
  • identity
  • loyalty
  • deception
  • politics
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance3
Tension7
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight6

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Genres
drama, crime
Directed by
Éric Rochant
Written by
Éric Rochant
Starring
Yvan Attal, Richard Masur, Allen Garfield, Yossi Banai, Nancy Allen, Maurice Bénichou, Emmanuelle Devos, Hippolyte Girardot
Music
Gérard Torikian
Cinematography
Pierre Novion
Runtime
142 min
Country
France
Languages
French, Hebrew, English

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