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Perfect Love

1996 · 110 min

An intense, emotionally raw descent from passion to contempt, demanding patience and leaving a lingering unease.

Directed by
Catherine Breillat
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Isabelle Renauld, Francis Renaud, Laura Saglio
Overview
In Dunkirk, a man and a woman meet and fall in love, then hate each other.

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Directed by
Catherine Breillat
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Isabelle Renauld, Francis Renaud, Laura Saglio
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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • betrayal
  • obsession
  • identity
  • isolation
Places
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour1
Realism8
Romance5
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
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Written by
Catherine Breillat
Starring
Isabelle Renauld, Francis Renaud, Laura Saglio, Alain Soral, Michèle Rème, Alice Mitterrand, Tom Rocheteau, Delphine De Malherbe
Cinematography
Laurent Dailland
Runtime
110 min
Country
France
Languages
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