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Les Insaisissables

2000 · 95 min

A gentle, talky French comedy that coasts on charm and small-town scheming rather than big laughs.

Overview
Romain, a well read and articulate real estate agent, protects his grandmother from a bailiff that wants to seize her property,

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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • class
  • justice
  • deception
  • greed
Places
  • small town
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Genres
comedy
Directed by
Christian Gion
Starring
Daniel Prévost, Sébastien Thiery, Laurent Natrella, Andrée Damant, Julie Debazac, Christian Bouillette, Christian Charmetant, Dominique Guillo
Runtime
95 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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