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Agathe Cléry

2008 · 113 min

A breezy, broad French satire that coasts on a smug heroine's comeuppance, more amusing than sharp and never truly uncomfortable.

Directed by: Étienne Chatiliez
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Valérie Lemercier, Anthony Kavanagh, Dominique Lavanant

Overview: Agathe Clery, a marketing manager for a cosmetics company, is snobbish, stubborn and racist. When she is diagnosed with Addison Syndrome, an disorder that darkens the pigmentation of one's skin, she suddenly finds herself resembling a black woman.

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Directed by: Étienne Chatiliez
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Valérie Lemercier, Anthony Kavanagh, Dominique Lavanant

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Tone: satiricalstrength 3 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: race
identity
class
work
deception
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Humour	7
Realism	6
Romance	3
Tension	3
Darkness	3
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: comedy
Directed by: Étienne Chatiliez
Written by: Étienne Chatiliez, Laurent Chouchan
Starring: Valérie Lemercier, Anthony Kavanagh, Dominique Lavanant, Jacques Boudet, Isabelle Nanty, Jean Rochefort, Artus de Penguern, Valentine Varela
Music: Bruno Coulais, Matthew Herbert
Cinematography: Philippe Welt
Runtime: 113 min
Country: France
Languages: French

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