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Code Unknown

2000 · 118 min

A quietly unsettling mosaic that demands close attention, offering no easy answers and leaving a lingering sense of unease.

Tagline: Love has a language all its own.
Overview: A series of events unfold like a chain reaction, all stemming from a minor event that brings the film's five characters together. Set in Paris, France, Anne is an actress whose boyfriend Georges photographs the war in Kosovo. Georges' brother, Jean, is looking for the entry code to Georges' apartment. These characters' lives interconnect with a Romanian immigrant and a deaf teacher.

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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 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: isolation
identity
class
race
immigration
Places: big city
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	9
Romance	3
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	8
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Michael Haneke
Written by: Michael Haneke
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Thierry Neuvic, Josef Bierbichler, Alexandre Hamidi, Maimouna Hélène Diarra, Ona Lu Yenke, Djibril Kouyaté, Luminița Gheorghiu
Music: Giba Gonçalves
Cinematography: Jürgen Jürges
Runtime: 118 min
Country: France, Germany, Romania
Languages: Arabic, Bambara, English, French, German, Romanian

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