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The Incredible Shrinking Man

2025 · 99 min

A quiet, unsettling plunge into a shrinking world, mixing domestic drama with existential dread and a fight for survival.

Directed by
Jan Kounen
Genres
Adventure, Science fiction
Starring
Jean Dujardin, Marie-Josée Croze, Daphné Richard
Overview
Paul, is an ordinary man who divides his life between his shipbuilding company, his wife Elise and their daughter Mia. During a sea trip, Paul finds himself confronted with a strange, unexplained meteorological phenomenon. From then on, Paul shrinks inexorably, without science being able to explain why or be of any help to him. When, by accident, he finds himself a prisoner in his own cellar, and while he is only a few centimeters tall, he will have to fight to survive in this banal environment that has become perilous. During this experience, Paul will find himself confronted with himself, with his humanity, and will try to answer the great questions of existence.

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Directed by
Jan Kounen
Genres
Adventure, Science fiction
Starring
Jean Dujardin, Marie-Josée Croze, Daphné Richard
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 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
  • survival
  • isolation
  • identity
  • family
Places
  • home
  • sea
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror4
Humour2
Realism6
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
adventure, science fiction
Directed by
Jan Kounen
Written by
Jan Kounen, Christophe Deslandes
Starring
Jean Dujardin, Marie-Josée Croze, Daphné Richard, Serge Swysen, Salim Talbi, Miranda Raison, Stéphanie Van Vyve
Music
Alexandre Desplat
Cinematography
Christophe Nuyens
Runtime
99 min
Country
France, Belgium
Languages
French

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