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Lie with Me

2023 · 98 min

A tender, aching return to a first love, unfolding through memory and quiet conversations, leaving a lingering sadness.

Directed by
Olivier Peyon
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Guillaume de Tonquédec, Victor Belmondo, Guilaine Londez
Overview
An author returns to his hometown of Cognac for the first time in 35 years to help promote a distillery. Once there, he meets his first love’s son, Lucas. Memories come rushing back to him: irrepressible attraction, bodies becoming one in the heat of desire, a passion that can never be revealed… His first love’s name was Thomas. They were 17.

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Directed by
Olivier Peyon
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Guillaume de Tonquédec, Victor Belmondo, Guilaine Londez
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • memory
  • love
  • grief
  • identity
  • sexuality
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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drama, romance
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