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Waiting for Bojangles

2021 · 124 min

A bittersweet, whimsical plunge into a family's fragile joy, charming at first and quietly heartbreaking as the world narrows around them.

Directed by: Régis Roinsard
Genres: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Starring: Virginie Efira, Romain Duris, Grégory Gadebois

Overview: A boy and his eccentric parents leave their home in Paris for a country house in Spain. As the mother descends deeper into her own mind, it's up to the boy and his father to keep her safe and happy.

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Directed by: Régis Roinsard
Genres: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Starring: Virginie Efira, Romain Duris, Grégory Gadebois

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Tone: whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 3 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: madness
family
love
isolation
memory
Places: single country house
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	2
Humour	5
Realism	6
Romance	6
Tension	4
Darkness	6
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama, comedy, romance
Directed by: Régis Roinsard
Written by: Romain Compingt, Régis Roinsard
Starring: Virginie Efira, Romain Duris, Grégory Gadebois, Solan Machado-Graner, Éliza Maillot, Bénédicte Charton, Morgane Lombard, Fabienne Chaudat
Cinematography: Guillaume Schiffman
Runtime: 124 min
Country: Belgium, France
Languages: English, Spanish, French

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