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Auction

2024 · 91 min

A dry, talky French comedy-drama that turns art-world bureaucracy into quiet suspense, rewarding patient viewers with wry observations.

Directed by
Pascal Bonitzer
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Starring
Alex Lutz, Léa Drucker, Nora Hamzawi
Overview
André Masson, specialist in modern art, receives a letter according to which a painting by Egon Schiele had been discovered in Mulhouse. He finds that the work has been missing since 1939. This discovery puts his career in danger.

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Directed by
Pascal Bonitzer
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Starring
Alex Lutz, Léa Drucker, Nora Hamzawi
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 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
  • art
  • work
  • morality
  • deception
  • memory
Places
  • workplace
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism8
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
drama, comedy
Directed by
Pascal Bonitzer
Written by
Iliana Lolic, Pascal Bonitzer
Starring
Alex Lutz, Léa Drucker, Nora Hamzawi, Louise Chevillotte, Arcadi Radeff, Laurence Côte, Olivier Rabourdin, Alain Chamfort
Music
Alexei Aigui
Cinematography
Pierre Milon
Runtime
91 min
Country
France
Languages
English, French

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