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Les éléphants de la planète Mars

2000 · 30 min

A quirky, dreamlike short that drifts between classroom comedy and melancholy fantasy, charming but oddly unsettling.

Directed by
Philippe Barassat
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Starring
Jérémie Elkaïm, Arielle Dombasle, Jean-Christophe Bouvet
Overview
Miss Jacobonot, a schoolteacher, has a crush on Jimmy, a student in her class. Jimmy loves to tell stories. But his teachers kick him out of school and sent him to an institute for unsuitable children.

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Directed by
Philippe Barassat
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Starring
Jérémie Elkaïm, Arielle Dombasle, Jean-Christophe Bouvet
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Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • obsession
  • isolation
  • education
  • love
Places
  • school
  • small town
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
Action1
Horror1
Humour6
Realism3
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama, fantasy
Directed by
Philippe Barassat
Starring
Jérémie Elkaïm, Arielle Dombasle, Jean-Christophe Bouvet
Runtime
30 min
Languages
French

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