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Children's Play

2001 · 85 min

A slow-building domestic unease that turns ordinary family life into something quietly sinister and unsettling.

Directed by
Laurent Tuel
Genres
Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Starring
Karin Viard, Charles Berling, Camille Vatel
Tagline
What if evil come from the peoples you love the most ?
Overview
Marianne and Jacques are a young middle-class couple who live in a chic Parisian apartment with their two young children. One day, Marianne receives an unexpected visit from two strangers, Mr and Mrs Worms, who claim to have lived in the apartment when they were children and who ask if they can just take a look around their former home. Marianne agrees, but no sooner have the mysterious Worms left than things take an inexplicable turn for the worse...

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Directed by
Laurent Tuel
Genres
Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Starring
Karin Viard, Charles Berling, Camille Vatel
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Tone
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 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
  • family
  • isolation
  • obsession
  • fate
  • freedom
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror6
Humour1
Realism6
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, fantasy, horror, mystery, thriller
Directed by
Laurent Tuel
Written by
Laurent Tuel, Constance Verluca
Starring
Karin Viard, Charles Berling, Camille Vatel, Alexandre Bongibault, Ludivine Sagnier, Aurélien Recoing, Pierre Julien, Manuela Gourary
Music
Krishna Levy
Cinematography
Denis Rouden
Runtime
85 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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