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Night Shift

2001 · 95 min

A quiet, uneasy workplace drama that slowly tightens around you as humiliation turns into something harder to shake off.

Overview
A worker in a bottle factory, Pierre decides to switch from day shift to night shift. In his new team, he runs into Fred, a charismatic and violent guy. Fred says loudly that Pierre is his boyfriend. In fact, he never misses an opportunity to bully or humiliate him. This could only be a bad joke. But the harassment continues in a downward spiral ...

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • isolation
    • identity
    • power
    • violence
    • work
    Places
    • workplace
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror1
    Humour1
    Realism8
    Romance1
    Tension5
    Darkness6
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Philippe Le Guay
    Written by
    Olivier Dazat, Philippe Le Guay, Régis Franc
    Starring
    Gérald Laroche, Marc Barbé, Luce Mouchel, Bastien Le Roy, Bernard Ballet, Alexandre Carrière, Michel Cassagne, Philippe Frécon
    Music
    Yann Tiersen
    Cinematography
    Jean-Marc Fabre
    Runtime
    95 min
    Languages
    French

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