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Case départ

2011 · 94 min

A broad, cheeky time-travel romp that mixes slapstick with uneasy jokes about a painful history, breezy but occasionally jarring.

Genres
Comedy
Overview
Two contempo Frenchmen of Antillean descent visit their ancestor's time as well as their land in the slavery-themed French era.

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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • race
  • identity
  • family
  • survival
  • redemption
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour7
Realism4
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Genres
comedy
Directed by
Fabrice Eboué, Lionel Steketee, Thomas Ngijol
Written by
Fabrice Eboué, Jérôme L'hotsky, Thomas Ngijol
Starring
Thomas Ngijol, Fabrice Eboué, Joséphine de Meaux, Etienne Chicot, Ériq Ebouaney, Michel Crémadès, David Salles, Stéfi Celma
Cinematography
Jean-Claude Aumont
Runtime
94 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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