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A Woman

2022 · 93 min

A quiet, serious character study that turns uneasy as a principled woman's certainty quietly unravels.

Directed by
Jean-Paul Civeyrac
Genres
Drama
Starring
Sophie Marceau, Johan Heldenbergh, Cristina Flutur
Overview
Juliane, a police commissioner in Paris, is a woman with great moral integrity. But when she discovers her husband’s double life, she starts committing acts she never would have thought herself capable of.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Jean-Paul Civeyrac
Genres
Drama
Starring
Sophie Marceau, Johan Heldenbergh, Cristina Flutur
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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • identity
    • deception
    • morality
    • obsession
    • guilt
    Places
    • small town
    • countryside
    Era
    near-future
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror1
    Humour1
    Realism7
    Romance3
    Tension5
    Darkness6
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight7

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Jean-Paul Civeyrac
    Written by
    Jean-Paul Civeyrac
    Starring
    Sophie Marceau, Johan Heldenbergh, Cristina Flutur, Michaël Erpelding, Héloïse Bousquet, Frédéric Matona, Ouassini Embarek, Mohamed Badissy
    Music
    Valentin Silvestrov
    Cinematography
    Pierre-Hubert Martin
    Runtime
    93 min
    Country
    France
    Languages
    French

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