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See How They Fall

1994 · 90 min

A quiet, brooding descent into fixation, told in two strands that slowly tighten around lonely men making ruinous choices.

Directed by: Jacques Audiard
Genres: Drama, Crime
Starring: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean Yanne, Mathieu Kassovitz

Overview: A middle-aged sales rep drops everything to track down the killers of his cop friend. Two years earlier, an older gambler forms an intense bond with a naive young man, who changes his name to please him.

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Directed by: Jacques Audiard
Genres: Drama, Crime
Starring: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean Yanne, Mathieu Kassovitz

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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 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: obsession
friendship
revenge
isolation
betrayal
Places: big city
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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

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Genres: drama, crime
Directed by: Jacques Audiard
Written by: Alain Le Henry, Jacques Audiard
Starring: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean Yanne, Mathieu Kassovitz, Bulle Ogier, Christine Pascal, Yvon Back, Yves Verhoeven, Marc Citti
Music: Alexandre Desplat
Cinematography: Gérard Sterin
Runtime: 90 min
Country: France
Languages: French

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