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Madeline

1998 · 89 min

A charming, gentle Parisian romp with mischievous kids, a warm heart, and a few mild scares along the way.

Genres
Family, Comedy, Drama
Tagline
In an old house in Paris, that was covered with vines...
Overview
Horrified at the prospect of her beloved school being sold, a young French girl named Madeline uses her wit and craftiness to attempt to save it, making an unlikely new friend in the process.

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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 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
  • friendship
  • found family
  • family
  • coming-of-age
  • grief
Places
  • big city
  • school
  • home
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour5
Realism6
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Genres
family, comedy, drama
Directed by
Daisy von Scherler Mayer
Written by
Jennifer Flackett, Mark Levin
Starring
Hatty Jones, Frances McDormand, Nigel Hawthorne, Ben Daniels, Arturo Venegas, Stéphane Audran, Katia Caballero, Chantal Neuwirth
Music
Michel Legrand
Cinematography
Pierre Aïm
Runtime
89 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
French, English, Spanish

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