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Park Benches

2009 · 110 min

A gentle, meandering French ensemble piece that drifts between strangers' small lives, more curious than dramatic, asking you to lean in and notice the quiet connections.

Directed by
Bruno Podalydès
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Starring
Denis Podalydès, Florence Muller, Pierre Arditi
Overview
As she does every morning, Lucie takes advantage of her journey to work to lose herself for a while in the pages of a good book. And as she does every morning, she joins her colleagues at the office with a smile. It's a working day just like any other. Then suddenly all activity in the office stops. All attention is turned towards the window of the opposite building opposite and abanner reading: Man Alone. Is it a hoax? A cry for help? Everyone has his own interpretation, and will try, by any means possible, to discover what lies behind this mysterious message.

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Directed by
Bruno Podalydès
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Starring
Denis Podalydès, Florence Muller, Pierre Arditi
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    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • isolation
    • work
    • mystery
    • identity
    Places
    • big city
    • workplace
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • ensemble
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
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    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour5
    Realism7
    Romance4
    Tension3
    Darkness3
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight4

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    Details

    Genres
    comedy, drama, romance
    Directed by
    Bruno Podalydès
    Written by
    Olivia Basset, Bruno Podalydès
    Starring
    Denis Podalydès, Florence Muller, Pierre Arditi, Hippolyte Girardot, Josiane Balasko, Michel Vuillermoz, Didier Bourdon, Chantal Lauby
    Music
    Ezéchiel Pailhès
    Cinematography
    Yves Cape
    Runtime
    110 min
    Country
    France
    Languages
    French

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