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Sape

2018

A claustrophobic, nerve-stretching descent into dirt and dread, where every muffled sound from the other side tightens the screw.

Directed by: Clémence Marcadier
Genres: Drama
Starring: Florian Colas, Vincent Menjou Cortes, Théo Costa-Marini

Overview: In 1916, Ernest, an 18-year-old sapper soldier, has to dig a tunnel ten meters underground to place dynamite in a strategic position. But the Germans are digging too, and they are so close that you can hear their voices...

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Directed by: Clémence Marcadier
Genres: Drama
Starring: Florian Colas, Vincent Menjou Cortes, Théo Costa-Marini

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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: war
survival
isolation
fate
death
Places: military
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	3
Horror	2
Humour	1
Realism	8
Romance	0
Tension	8
Darkness	7
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Clémence Marcadier
Written by: Thomas Mazingue, Clémence Marcadier
Starring: Florian Colas, Vincent Menjou Cortes, Théo Costa-Marini, Aaron Roggeman
Country: Belgium, France
Languages: French, German

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