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Ma mère

2004 · 112 min

A cold, unsettling plunge into taboo and depravity, watching is like being trapped in a beautiful, suffocating nightmare.

Genres
Drama
Overview
After his father's death, a young man is introduced to a world of hedonism and depravity by his amoral mother.

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 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
  • family
  • sexuality
  • death
  • madness
Places
  • single country house
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror4
Humour1
Realism7
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness9
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Christophe Honoré
Written by
Christophe Honoré
Starring
Isabelle Huppert, Louis Garrel, Emma de Caunes, Joana Preiss, Dominique Reymond, Jean-Baptiste Montagut, Olivier Rabourdin, Philippe Duclos
Cinematography
Hélène Louvart
Runtime
112 min
Country
France, Spain, Austria
Languages
English, French, German, Spanish

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