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Le Pantalon

1997 · 90 min

A grim, quietly enraging wartime drama where bureaucratic cruelty grinds a homesick soldier down.

Directed by
Yves Boisset
Genres
Drama, War, Tv movie
Overview
Lucien is a young soldier in the French army during the First World War. Recently married and with a young daughter, his only aim is to get through the war unscathed and get back to his wife and daughter. But this world is turned upside down by a pair of trousers.

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Directed by
Yves Boisset
Genres
Drama, War, Tv movie
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • justice
  • survival
  • family
  • power
Places
  • military
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour2
Realism8
Romance3
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, war, tv movie
Directed by
Yves Boisset
Written by
Alain Scoff, Yves Boisset
Starring
Wadeck Stanczak, Philippe Volter, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Jean-Paul Comart, Jacques Chailleux, Serge Kribus, Bouli Lanners, Jean-Henri Compère
Music
Angélique Nachon, Jean-Claude Nachon
Cinematography
Dominique Chapuis
Runtime
90 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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