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Gamer

2001 · 92 min

A breezy French caper that bounces from a botched heist to a pitch meeting, more playful than tense.

Directed by
Patrick Levy
Genres
Action, Thriller, Science fiction
Starring
Saïd Taghmaoui, Alexis Loret, Camille De Pazzis
Overview
Tony is crazy about video games. But he is arrested during a hold-up which failed, and he goes to prison for eight months. When he gets out, he contacts Valery, GameStar's boss, and offers her a new video game concept.

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Directed by
Patrick Levy
Genres
Action, Thriller, Science fiction
Starring
Saïd Taghmaoui, Alexis Loret, Camille De Pazzis
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Tone
    Pacing
    brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • crime
    • ambition
    • identity
    Places
    • big city
    • prison
    • workplace
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    teen
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action4
    Horror1
    Humour4
    Realism6
    Romance3
    Tension4
    Darkness4
    Complexity3
    Emotional weight3

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    Details

    Genres
    action, thriller, science fiction
    Directed by
    Patrick Levy
    Written by
    Daive Cohen, Fabien Suarez, Patrick Levy
    Starring
    Saïd Taghmaoui, Alexis Loret, Camille De Pazzis, Maud Buquet, Bruno Salomone, Arielle Dombasle, Laurent Klug, Julien Courbey
    Cinematography
    Tariel Meliava
    Runtime
    92 min
    Country
    France
    Languages
    French

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