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Deep Breath

2001 · 77 min

A slow, suffocating plunge into rural adolescence, where drunken boredom curdles into something genuinely disturbing.

Directed by
Damien Odoul
Genres
Drama
Starring
Pierre-Louis Bonnetblanc, Dominique Chevalier, Maxime Dalbrut
Overview
David is a troubled city boy, being looked after by his uncle on a farm. He is initiated into the drunken partying of the village and stumbles off drunk to find his friend Matthieu and cell-playing girlfriend in the forest. There he finds a brutal and horrifying outlet that will change his life forever...

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Directed by
Damien Odoul
Genres
Drama
Starring
Pierre-Louis Bonnetblanc, Dominique Chevalier, Maxime Dalbrut
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • violence
  • isolation
  • addiction
  • trauma
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror4
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Damien Odoul
Written by
Damien Odoul
Starring
Pierre-Louis Bonnetblanc, Dominique Chevalier, Maxime Dalbrut, Jean-Claude Lecante, Jean Milord, Stéphane Terpereau, Thierry Benoiton, Pierre Lasvaud
Cinematography
Pascale Granel
Runtime
77 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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