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The Horla

2023 · 91 min

A slow, unsettling domestic drama where a fresh start quietly curdles into unease, keeping you uneasy without ever showing its hand.

Directed by
Marion Desseigne-Ravel
Genres
Drama, Fantasy, Tv movie
Starring
Bastien Bouillon, Mouna Soualem, Milla Harbouche
Overview
Damien and Nadia, 34, leave Paris with Chloé, their 8-year-old daughter, to settle in the provinces. Graphic designer for an events company, the first negotiated a full-time telework to follow his partner who has just been offered a position at the Rivière Research Institute where her friend and colleague Marion already works. The couple are expecting a child. But behind this new beginning hides a deaf threat that will soon implode the happiness of this seemingly perfect family.

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Directed by
Marion Desseigne-Ravel
Genres
Drama, Fantasy, Tv movie
Starring
Bastien Bouillon, Mouna Soualem, Milla Harbouche
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • isolation
  • identity
  • parenthood
  • fate
Places
  • countryside
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror4
Humour1
Realism7
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, fantasy, tv movie
Directed by
Marion Desseigne-Ravel
Written by
Olivier Fox, Olivier de Plas, Marion Desseigne-Ravel
Starring
Bastien Bouillon, Mouna Soualem, Milla Harbouche, Judith Zins, Guillaume Pottier, Philippe du Janerand, Miglen Mirtchev, Alix Blumberg Dit Fleurmont
Cinematography
Pierre Baboin
Runtime
91 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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