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The Outcast

2022 · 79 min

A tense, slow-burning ordeal of abandonment and survival, emotionally heavy and visually stark, with little relief.

Overview
An expatriate in Turkey, Claire pays the services of a smuggler to flee the country with her only daughter, whose custody she has just lost. But he abandons them in a dilapidated house in the middle of the forest.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • survival
  • parenthood
  • betrayal
  • freedom
Places
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Where to watch in the UK

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Tareq Daoud
Written by
Tareq Daoud
Starring
Amira Casar, Khava Israpilova, Haydar Şişman, Doğanay Ünal, Süreyya Kilimci, Ersin Arıcı
Music
Nicolas Rabaeus
Cinematography
Florent Therry
Runtime
79 min
Country
France, Switzerland, Turkey
Languages
French, Turkish

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