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Brief Crossing

2001 · 84 min

A quiet, talk-heavy night journey that feels intimate and uneasy, with two perspectives slowly revealing their vulnerabilities.

Overview
A young French man and an older English woman spend one night together on a ship.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • love
  • coming-of-age
  • isolation
  • gender
Places
  • sea
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism8
Romance6
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Catherine Breillat
Written by
Catherine Breillat
Starring
Sarah Pratt, Gilles Guillain, Marc Filipi, Laetitia Lopez, Marc Jablonski, Christelle Dacosta
Music
Patrick Chevalier, D'Julz
Cinematography
Éric Gautier
Runtime
84 min
Country
France
Languages
French, English

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