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Lueur

1946 · 43 min

A sober, clinical educational film that walks you through diagrams and specimens with a doctor's calm, unsettling seriousness. It feels instructive and quietly grim, more lecture than story.}{.

Directed by
Pierre Thévenard
Genres
Documentary
Overview
Doctor Pierre Thévenard presents an educational documentary on cancer, proposing diagrams on the formation of tumors, studying its development in the animal and plant kingdoms.

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Directed by
Pierre Thévenard
Genres
Documentary
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • science
  • death
  • survival
  • education
Places
  • hospital
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Action0
Horror2
Humour0
Realism9
Romance0
Tension3
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Pierre Thévenard
Runtime
43 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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