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Quiproquos !

1991 · 78 min

A light, talky French TV comedy-drama where small-town political scheming plays out with gentle wit and mild suspense.

Overview
A candidate for mayor of a small town decides to have the mayor's daughter kidnapped to induce him to withdraw his candidacy in the next elections.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • politics
  • corruption
  • deception
  • power
  • family
Places
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour6
Realism6
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
drama, tv movie, comedy
Directed by
Claude Vital
Written by
Louis-Michel Colla, Jean-Claude Massoulier
Starring
Claude Gensac, Bernard Fresson, Laure Sabardin, Valérie Rojan
Runtime
78 min
Languages
French

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