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Sade

2000 · 100 min

A slow, talk-heavy plunge into confinement and memory, more intellectually unsettling than visually explicit, with a chilly, melancholic air.

Directed by: Benoît Jacquot
Genres: History, Drama, Crime
Starring: Daniel Auteuil, Marianne Denicourt, Jeanne Balibar

Tagline: He was a man ahead of his time. His ideas on love and sex shocked his generation.
Overview: A man prepares himself to be transferred to a detention center and rest home where he will relive one more time the highlights of his youth.

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Directed by: Benoît Jacquot
Genres: History, Drama, Crime
Starring: Daniel Auteuil, Marianne Denicourt, Jeanne Balibar

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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
cynicalstrength 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: isolation
power
identity
freedom
sexuality
Places: prison
big city
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex strong

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Action	1
Horror	2
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	3
Tension	5
Darkness	7
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: history, drama, crime
Directed by: Benoît Jacquot
Written by: Jacques Fieschi, Bernard Minoret
Starring: Daniel Auteuil, Marianne Denicourt, Jeanne Balibar, Isild Le Besco, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Grégoire Colin
Cinematography: Benoît Delhomme
Runtime: 100 min
Country: France
Languages: French

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