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Asylum

2008 · 80 min

A gritty, tense crime thriller that keeps you uneasy as a small-time crook's scheme unravels into humiliation and danger.

Directed by: Olivier Chateau
Genres: Thriller
Starring: Julien Courbey, Jean-Marie Lamour, Jacques Frantz

Overview: Jack, a young thug, mingles with a bunch of hard boiled gangsters and tries to outsmart them. He ends up tied to a tree on a chain like a dog. A new adventure begins, not the one he had wished for.

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Directed by: Olivier Chateau
Genres: Thriller
Starring: Julien Courbey, Jean-Marie Lamour, Jacques Frantz

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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: crime
betrayal
power
survival
deception
Places: countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Action	6
Horror	3
Humour	3
Realism	7
Romance	1
Tension	7
Darkness	7
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: thriller
Directed by: Olivier Chateau
Written by: Olivier Chateau
Starring: Julien Courbey, Jean-Marie Lamour, Jacques Frantz, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Abel Jafri, Alexandre Pesle, Frédéric Saurel, Menelik
Music: Signalflow
Cinematography: Christophe Larue
Runtime: 80 min
Country: France
Languages: English, French

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