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Little White Lies

2010 · 154 min

A sunlit holiday simmering with unspoken tensions, where old friends bicker, confess and wound each other while grief hangs over the beach house.

Directed by
Guillaume Canet
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Tagline
The one thing friends can't escape is a few home truths.
Overview
Despite a traumatic event, a group of friends decide to go ahead with their annual beach vacation. Their relationships, convictions, sense of guilt and friendship are sorely tested. They are finally forced to own up to the little white lies they've been telling each other.

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Directed by
Guillaume Canet
Genres
Comedy, Drama
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    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • friendship
    • love
    • betrayal
    • guilt
    • identity
    Places
    • single country house
    • sea
    • small town
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • ensemble
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
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    Action2
    Horror1
    Humour5
    Realism8
    Romance5
    Tension4
    Darkness5
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight7

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