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Planet B

2024 · 118 min

A disorienting plunge into a virtual prison where reality and simulation blur, keeping you tense and uneasy as you piece together the rules.

Directed by
Aude Léa Rapin
Genres
Science fiction, Thriller
Starring
Adèle Exarchopoulos, Souheila Yacoub, Eliane Umuhire
Tagline
Welcome to the first virtual prison
Overview
France, 2039. One night, a group of activists who are being pursued by the State vanish without a trace. Julia Bombarth is one of them. When she awakens, she finds herself trapped in an entirely unfamiliar world: PLANET B.

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Directed by
Aude Léa Rapin
Genres
Science fiction, Thriller
Starring
Adèle Exarchopoulos, Souheila Yacoub, Eliane Umuhire
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • identity
  • isolation
  • rebellion
  • technology
Places
  • space
  • prison
Era
near-future
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror3
Humour2
Realism4
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
science fiction, thriller
Directed by
Aude Léa Rapin
Written by
Laurent Lunetta, Aude Léa Rapin
Starring
Adèle Exarchopoulos, Souheila Yacoub, Eliane Umuhire, India Hair, Paul Beaurepaire, Jonathan Couzinié, Théo Cholbi, Amine Hamidou
Music
Bertrand Bonello
Cinematography
Jeanne Lapoirie
Runtime
118 min
Country
Belgium, France
Languages
English, French

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