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The Spanking

2016 · 3 min

A brief, unsettling provocation that plays its deadpan premise for uneasy laughs and leaves a lingering discomfort.

Directed by
Yves Pinol
Starring
Antoine Glemain, Isabelle Turschwell
Overview
9-year-old French boy Max wants to be the perfect son. To this end, he offers his mother Jody a book with instructions for administering the perfect spanking.

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Directed by
Yves Pinol
Starring
Antoine Glemain, Isabelle Turschwell
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Tone
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • parenthood
  • power
  • identity
  • trauma
Places
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror3
Humour5
Realism6
Romance0
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Details

Directed by
Yves Pinol
Written by
Yves Pinol
Starring
Antoine Glemain, Isabelle Turschwell
Runtime
3 min
Languages
French

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