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Jacquot

1991 · 120 min

A gentle, nostalgic portrait of a boy's cinephile obsession, blending warm reenactments with tender documentary fragments.

Directed by
Agnès Varda
Genres
Drama
Starring
Philippe Maron, Edouard Joubeaud, Laurent Monnier
Overview
Jacquot Demy, the son of a garage owner and a hairdresser, is fascinated by cinema and decides to pursue his dream of becoming a filmmaker by any means necessary.

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  • Curzon Amazon Channel
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Directed by
Agnès Varda
Genres
Drama
Starring
Philippe Maron, Edouard Joubeaud, Laurent Monnier
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • art
  • memory
  • family
  • war
Places
  • small town
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour3
Realism8
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Genres
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Starring
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Music
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Runtime
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Country
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Languages
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