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The Fantasy of a Barnacle

2010 · 22 min

A quiet, uncomfortable study of forbidden desire that keeps you at a distance, watching tension simmer beneath polite surfaces.

Overview
Elisa and Mathieu are siblings at their early 20s. She has incestuous desires for her brother who has a girlfriend, but he refuses her. She struggles with her forbidden desire and plays a trick on him.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 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
  • identity
  • family
  • betrayal
  • isolation
Places
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror2
Humour1
Realism8
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Clara Leac
Written by
Clara Leac, Thomas Foissac
Starring
Amandine Boulet, Thibault Segouin, Marie Kalifa, Didier Morvan, Clémentine Paratre
Runtime
22 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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