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Playing with Fire

1975 · 112 min

A puzzling, dreamlike thriller that keeps you off-balance with its shifting realities and sly wit.

Directed by
Alain Robbe-Grillet
Genres
Mystery, Crime, Drama
Starring
Jean-Louis Trintignant, Philippe Noiret, Anicée Alvina
Overview
A banker hires a seedy detective to find his daughter and keep her safe from kidnappers.

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Directed by
Alain Robbe-Grillet
Genres
Mystery, Crime, Drama
Starring
Jean-Louis Trintignant, Philippe Noiret, Anicée Alvina
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How it feels

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Tone
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • deception
  • family
  • obsession
  • power
  • mystery
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • unreliable narrator
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour5
Realism6
Romance4
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity8
Emotional weight5

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Genres
mystery, crime, drama, comedy
Directed by
Alain Robbe-Grillet
Written by
Alain Robbe-Grillet
Starring
Jean-Louis Trintignant, Philippe Noiret, Anicée Alvina, Sylvia Kristel, Agostina Belli, Serge Marquand, Charles Millot, Vernon Dobtcheff
Cinematography
Yves Lafaye
Runtime
112 min
Country
France, Italy
Languages
French

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