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Marguerite's Theorem

2023 · 114 min

A quiet, cerebral character study that immerses you in intellectual obsession and personal reinvention, rewarding patience with emotional depth.

Directed by
Anna Novion
Genres
Drama, Mystery
Starring
Ella Rumpf, Julien Frison, Jean-Pierre Darroussin
Overview
The future of Marguerite, a brilliant student in Mathematics at the prestigious Ecole Normale Supérieure, seems all planned out. The only woman from her year, Marguerite is finishing a thesis she has to present to an audience of researchers. On the big day, a mistake shakes all her certainties and all her foundations collapse.

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Directed by
Anna Novion
Genres
Drama, Mystery
Starring
Ella Rumpf, Julien Frison, Jean-Pierre Darroussin
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 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
  • ambition
  • isolation
  • coming-of-age
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
  • school
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance3
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, mystery
Directed by
Anna Novion
Written by
Marie-Stéphane Imbert, Mathieu Robin, Agnès Feuvre, Anna Novion
Starring
Ella Rumpf, Julien Frison, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Sonia Bonny, Clotilde Courau, Édouard Sulpice, Idir Azougli, Xiaoxing Cheng
Music
Pascal Bideau
Cinematography
Jacques Girault
Runtime
114 min
Country
France, Switzerland
Languages
French

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