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The Advent Calendar

2021 · 104 min

A slow-burn, eerie horror that builds dread through a cursed calendar, blending personal tragedy with supernatural menace.

Directed by
Patrick Ridremont
Genres
Horror, Thriller, Drama
Starring
Eugénie Derouand, Honorine Magnier, Clément Olivieri
Tagline
Will you live until Christmas this year?
Overview
Eva, an ex-dancer, is now living in a wheelchair, unable to walk. When her friend Sophie gives her an old wooden antique advent calendar before Christmas, she realizes each window contains a surprise that triggers repercussions in real life: some of them good, but most of them bad... Now Eva will have to choose between getting rid of the calendar or walking again… even if it causes death around her.

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Directed by
Patrick Ridremont
Genres
Horror, Thriller, Drama
Starring
Eugénie Derouand, Honorine Magnier, Clément Olivieri
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 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
  • obsession
  • grief
  • identity
  • morality
  • survival
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror7
Humour2
Realism6
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Genres
horror, thriller, drama
Directed by
Patrick Ridremont
Written by
Patrick Ridremont
Starring
Eugénie Derouand, Honorine Magnier, Clément Olivieri, Janis Abrikh, Cyril Garnier, Vladimir Perrin, Jérôme Paquatte, Laura Presgurvic
Runtime
104 min
Country
Belgium, France
Languages
French

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