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Déchaînées

2009 · 90 min

A quiet, searching drama that unfolds like a personal investigation, drawing you into buried family history with a hushed, reflective pull.

Directed by: Raymond Vouillamoz
Genres: Drama
Starring: Adèle Haenel, Irène Jacob, Paolina Biguine

Overview: Lucy, a 19-year old law student and intern at a Swiss television network in Geneva, comes across her double in archival footage about the woman’s liberation movement in the 70’s. Her family’s resistance to talk about this time convinces Lucy that a secret lurks behind this mysterious woman, named Geneviève.

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Directed by: Raymond Vouillamoz
Genres: Drama
Starring: Adèle Haenel, Irène Jacob, Paolina Biguine

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
memory
family
mystery
gender
Places: big city
workplace
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	2
Tension	4
Darkness	4
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Raymond Vouillamoz
Written by: Stéphane Mitchell
Starring: Adèle Haenel, Irène Jacob, Paolina Biguine, Yvette Théraulaz, Jacques Michel, Pierre Maulini, Gaël Kamilindi, Simon Guélat
Music: Pierre Audetat
Cinematography: Denis Jutzeler
Runtime: 90 min
Country: Switzerland
Languages: French

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