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Bad Seed

1934 · 77 min

A breezy, charming caper through 1930s Paris, mixing light comedy with a touch of melancholy as it follows young lovers on the run.

Directed by: Alexander Esway, Billy Wilder
Genres: Crime, Drama
Starring: Danielle Darrieux, Pierre Mingand, Raymond Galle

Overview: A young man-about-Paris, cut off from his father's money, falls in with a picaresque gang of car thieves.

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Directed by: Alexander Esway, Billy Wilder
Genres: Crime, Drama
Starring: Danielle Darrieux, Pierre Mingand, Raymond Galle

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Tone: lightstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: crime
class
love
family
redemption
Places: big city
road trip
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	4
Horror	0
Humour	5
Realism	7
Romance	4
Tension	4
Darkness	3
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: crime, drama
Directed by: Alexander Esway, Billy Wilder
Written by: Max Kolpé, Billy Wilder, Claude-André Puget, Jan Lustig
Starring: Danielle Darrieux, Pierre Mingand, Raymond Galle, Jean Wall, Gaby Heritier, Michel Duran, Paul Velsa, Marcel Maupi
Music: Allan Gray, Franz Waxman
Runtime: 77 min
Country: France
Languages: French

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