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All That... for This?!

1993 · 116 min

A wry, talky French comedy-drama that juggles courtroom antics with romantic entanglements, feeling both playful and reflective.

Directed by
Claude Lelouch
Genres
Comedy, Crime, Romance
Starring
Fabrice Luchini, Vincent Lindon, Jacques Gamblin
Overview
The plot is about a trial against three men who tried to earn loads of money by illegal methods to get to Canada and about the lawyers and the judge who get on with the trial and who are being unfaithful to their couples.

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Directed by
Claude Lelouch
Genres
Comedy, Crime, Romance
Starring
Fabrice Luchini, Vincent Lindon, Jacques Gamblin
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How it feels

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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • betrayal
  • crime
  • love
  • justice
  • morality
Places
  • workplace
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour6
Realism7
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity7
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
comedy, crime, romance
Directed by
Claude Lelouch
Written by
Claude Lelouch
Starring
Fabrice Luchini, Vincent Lindon, Jacques Gamblin, Francis Huster, Marie-Sophie L., Gérard Darmon, Évelyne Bouix, Alessandra Martines
Music
Philippe Servain, Francis Lai
Cinematography
Philippe Pavans de Ceccatty, Claude Lelouch
Runtime
116 min
Country
Canada, France
Languages
French

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