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Mortal Transfer

2001 · 122 min

A stylish, offbeat thriller that mixes dark comedy with psychological unease, keeping you amused and unsettled as it spirals into absurdity.

Directed by
Jean-Jacques Beineix
Genres
Comedy, Thriller, Crime
Starring
Jean-Hugues Anglade, Hélène de Fougerolles, Predrag 'Miki' Manojlović
Overview
Michel, a psycho-analyst, falls asleep while listening to his patient Olga, a kleptomaniac and a sexual pervert, tell him how she likes her husband beating her. When he wakes up, he finds Olga having been choked to death. He now has to deal with a body, with Olga's rich husband who thinks she stole money from him, and with all his patients' insanity that haunts him.

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Directed by
Jean-Jacques Beineix
Genres
Comedy, Thriller, Crime
Starring
Jean-Hugues Anglade, Hélène de Fougerolles, Predrag 'Miki' Manojlović
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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • guilt
  • deception
  • madness
  • sexuality
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror3
Humour5
Realism6
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy, thriller, crime
Directed by
Jean-Jacques Beineix
Written by
Jean-Jacques Beineix
Starring
Jean-Hugues Anglade, Hélène de Fougerolles, Predrag 'Miki' Manojlović, Valentina Sauca, Robert Hirsch, Yves Rénier, Catherine Mouchet, Denis Podalydès
Cinematography
Benoît Delhomme
Runtime
122 min
Country
France, Germany
Languages
French

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