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Everybody Lies

2022 · 92 min

A taut, talky French crime drama about untouchable elites, carried by a stubborn outsider's quiet defiance.

Directed by
Hélène Angel
Genres
Tv movie, Crime
Starring
Vincent Elbaz, Nicolas Marié, Mariama Gueye
Overview
Vincent Verner is a former cop who was fired from the police force for refusing to turn a blind eye to an investigation involving a powerful man. A young prosecutor comes to get him to join a new group in charge of investigating "delicate" cases, those that no one dares to summon: men and women of power, politics, finance, the media, the star system, lobbies, consortiums, and the bosses of large companies. Verner, a maverick with an aversion to lying, will apply his own methods.

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Directed by
Hélène Angel
Genres
Tv movie, Crime
Starring
Vincent Elbaz, Nicolas Marié, Mariama Gueye
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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • corruption
  • power
  • justice
  • class
  • crime
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • procedural
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour3
Realism7
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
tv movie, crime
Directed by
Hélène Angel
Written by
Olivier Norek
Starring
Vincent Elbaz, Nicolas Marié, Mariama Gueye, Joséphine de Meaux, Thomas Silberstein, Anne Girouard, Jackie Berroyer
Runtime
92 min
Country
France, Belgium
Languages
English, Spanish, French

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