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The Book of Solutions

2023 · 103 min

A quirky, introspective ride through a chaotic creative mind, blending whimsy and unease.

Directed by: Michel Gondry
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Starring: Pierre Niney, Blanche Gardin, Françoise Lebrun

Overview: Marc, a bipolar and paranoid filmmaker, cannot tolerate seeing his current project picked apart by his producers. The clips he’s been able to sneak a look at lead him to fear the worst. With his editor as an accomplice, he manages to spirit away the rushes to his aunt’s place in the Cévennes, to finish the film as he envisions it. Instead, its completion is constantly postponed, as he creates endless diversions and impasses, which alternate between the comic and the downright disturbing.

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Directed by: Michel Gondry
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Starring: Pierre Niney, Blanche Gardin, Françoise Lebrun

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Tone: whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: art
madness
obsession
identity
family
Places: countryside
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	6
Realism	7
Romance	2
Tension	4
Darkness	4
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: comedy, drama
Directed by: Michel Gondry
Written by: Michel Gondry
Starring: Pierre Niney, Blanche Gardin, Françoise Lebrun, Frankie Wallach, Camille Rutherford, Mourad Boudaoud, Vincent Elbaz, Dominique Valadié
Music: Étienne Charry
Cinematography: Laurent Brunet
Runtime: 103 min
Country: France
Languages: French, English

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