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Uranus

1990 · 100 min

A wry, rueful look at a village settling scores after liberation, mixing quiet comedy with the uneasy weight of recrimination.

Overview
After World War II, a small French village struggles to put the war behind as the controlling Communist Party tries to flush out Petain loyalists. The local bar owner, a simple man who likes to write poetry, who only wants to be left alone to do his job, becomes a target for Communist harassment as they try and locate a particular loyalist, and he pushes back.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • politics
  • power
  • betrayal
  • justice
  • guilt
Places
  • small town
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour4
Realism8
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, comedy
Directed by
Claude Berri
Written by
Claude Berri, Arlette Langmann
Starring
Michel Blanc, Gérard Depardieu, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Philippe Noiret, Michel Galabru, Gérard Desarthe, Danièle Lebrun, Fabrice Luchini
Music
Jean-Claude Petit
Cinematography
Renato Berta
Runtime
100 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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