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The Prize of Peril

1983 · 100 min

A tense, cynical chase through a media-saturated near-future, where survival is a rigged game and every camera feels like a threat.

Overview
In a futuristic society, contestants pit their survival skills against each other in a fight to the death for cash prizes, and the contest is aired live on television.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • media
  • survival
  • corruption
  • power
  • conspiracy
Places
  • big city
Era
near-future
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror3
Humour2
Realism6
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
action, drama, science fiction, thriller
Directed by
Yves Boisset
Written by
Jean Curtelin, Yves Boisset
Starring
Gérard Lanvin, Michel Piccoli, Marie-France Pisier, Bruno Cremer, Andréa Ferréol, Jean Rougerie, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Jean-Pierre Bagot
Music
Vladimir Cosma
Cinematography
Pierre-William Glenn
Runtime
100 min
Country
France, United States of America, Yugoslavia
Languages
French

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