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Le conseiller

2013

A quiet, serious drama that watches ambition and economic pressure slowly reshape lives, leaving a lingering unease.

Directed by
Elisabet Lladó
Genres
Drama
Starring
Fabrice Adde, Jérôme de Falloise, Ingrid Heiderscheidt
Overview
Christophe, a competitive and ambitious banker, reviews the file of Arthur, a young farmer eager to take over the family farm. Their ambition and an economic system that encourages growth will push them to embark on this project. Everything is destined for change, for a certain evolution, but one that is not always reassuring.

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Directed by
Elisabet Lladó
Genres
Drama
Starring
Fabrice Adde, Jérôme de Falloise, Ingrid Heiderscheidt
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 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
  • ambition
  • class
  • work
  • family
  • power
Places
  • countryside
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour1
Realism9
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Genres
drama
Directed by
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Elisabet Lladó
Starring
Fabrice Adde, Jérôme de Falloise, Ingrid Heiderscheidt, Bernard Marbaix, Benoît Piret, Jean-Benoît Ugeux, Gaëtan Wagemans
Country
Belgium

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