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Door on the Left as You Leave the Elevator

1988 · 83 min

A light, farcical French comedy of errors that keeps you smiling with its escalating misunderstandings and door-slamming chaos.

Overview
Yan is a successful artist. One day he is waiting for his date Florence to turn up at his apartment. As the doorbell rings, he finds another young woman in underwear on his doorstep: his neighbor Eva! She tells him she locked herself out of her apartment and insists that he helps her. Whilst Yan is trying to enter Eva's apartment via their adjoining balcony, his phone rings. It is Florence, and she is not impressed when a female voice answers the phone. At this point, Eva's rabidly jealous boyfriend Boris returns home. Seeing Yan in his apartment, he deduces that Eva has been having an affair behind his back. Florence then turns up and Yan tries in vain to explain the situation. By chance, Florence's husband suddenly puts in an appearance. After that, it all starts to get a bit complicated.

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Tone
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • betrayal
  • deception
  • identity
  • obsession
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour8
Realism6
Romance5
Tension6
Darkness2
Complexity5
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Édouard Molinaro
Written by
Gérard Lauzier
Starring
Pierre Richard, Richard Bohringer, Emmanuelle Béart, Fanny Cottençon, Pierre Vernier, Jean-Michel Dupuis, Martine Maximin, Albert Simono
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
83 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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