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Driving Madeleine

2022 · 91 min

A gentle, talky ride through Paris that slowly reveals a painful past, leaving you moved and reflective.

Directed by
Christian Carion
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Line Renaud, Dany Boon, Alice Isaaz
Overview
A seemingly simple taxi ride across Paris evolves into a profound meditation on the realities of the driver, whose personal life is in shambles, and his fare, an elderly woman whose warmth belies her shocking past.

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Directed by
Christian Carion
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Line Renaud, Dany Boon, Alice Isaaz
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • memory
  • aging
  • family
  • trauma
  • healing
Places
  • big city
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour4
Realism8
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Christian Carion
Written by
Cyril Gely
Starring
Line Renaud, Dany Boon, Alice Isaaz, Gwendoline Hamon, Hadriel Roure, Elie Kaempfen, Christophe Rossignon, Jérémie Laheurte
Music
Philippe Rombi
Cinematography
Pierre Cottereau
Runtime
91 min
Country
Belgium, France
Languages
French

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