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The Flood

2024 · 101 min

A somber, claustrophobic chamber piece that slowly tightens around its doomed royal family, mixing quiet dread with faint absurdity.

Directed by: Gianluca Jodice
Genres: Drama, History
Starring: Guillaume Canet, Mélanie Laurent, Aurore Broutin

Overview: 1792. Louis XVI, his wife Marie Antoinette, and their children have been arrested and imprisoned in the Tour du Temple, a sinister chateau in Paris, awaiting their trial. Far from the splendour of Versailles, they are isolated and vulnerable for the first time in their lives.

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Directed by: Gianluca Jodice
Genres: Drama, History
Starring: Guillaume Canet, Mélanie Laurent, Aurore Broutin

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Tone: bleakstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: power
isolation
family
fate
class
Places: single country house
big city
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	2
Humour	3
Realism	8
Romance	2
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama, history
Directed by: Gianluca Jodice
Written by: Gianluca Jodice, Filippo Gravino
Starring: Guillaume Canet, Mélanie Laurent, Aurore Broutin, Hugo Dillon, Roxane Duran, Anouk Darwin Homewood, Vidal Arzoni, Fabrizio Rongione
Cinematography: Daniele Ciprì
Runtime: 101 min
Country: France, Italy
Languages: French

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