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The Ring Finger

2005 · 100 min

A quiet, unsettling plunge into strange rituals and ambiguous desire, demanding patience as it slowly blurs reality and obsession.

Overview: When she is slightly hurt in the factory where she works, Iris quits her job and finds a new one as an assistant in a laboratory of a very peculiar kind. Without fully grasping what is at play around her, she gradually engages in a disturbing love affair with her enigmatic employer.

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Tone: eeriestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 1 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: obsession
identity
isolation
love
mystery
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	3
Humour	1
Realism	6
Romance	4
Tension	5
Darkness	6
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Diane Bertrand
Written by: Diane Bertrand
Starring: Olga Kurylenko, Marc Barbé, Stipe Erceg, Édith Scob, Hanns Zischler, Sotigui Kouyaté, Doria Achour, Anne Benoît
Music: Beth Gibbons
Cinematography: Alain Duplantier
Runtime: 100 min
Country: France, Germany, United Kingdom
Languages: French, English, Italian

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