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L'Amitié

2023 · 124 min

A quiet, affectionate documentary that feels like sitting in on intimate conversations between old friends, warm and unhurried.

Directed by: Alain Cavalier
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Boris Bergman, Maurice Bernart, Thierry Labelle

Overview: “I have on occasion experienced filmmaking as an intensely shared activity. Lively friendships result and remain. Filming that affection today is no act of nostalgia. Paths once crossed make things simple. People who have been behind the camera, or in front of it, giving the movie their all, are without illusion.” (Alain Cavalier)

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Directed by: Alain Cavalier
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Boris Bergman, Maurice Bernart, Thierry Labelle

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
lightstrength 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: friendship
memory
aging
art
work
Places: home
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	0
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Humour	3
Realism	10
Romance	1
Tension	1
Darkness	2
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: documentary
Directed by: Alain Cavalier
Written by: Alain Cavalier
Starring: Boris Bergman, Maurice Bernart, Thierry Labelle, Alain Cavalier
Cinematography: Alain Cavalier
Runtime: 124 min
Country: France
Languages: French

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