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Desire

1996 · 93 min

A frothy, talky French drawing-room comedy that glides by on charm, wit and the pleasures of watching a seasoned seducer finally fall.

Directed by
Bernard Murat
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Jean-Paul Belmondo, Fanny Ardant, Béatrice Dalle
Overview
Désiré is a fine servant and butler who regularly seduces the ladies of the house where he works, but then he moves on. This time he is working for Odette, the mistress of the minister of Posts and he is living a new situation. He has fallen in love with with Odette.

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Directed by
Bernard Murat
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Jean-Paul Belmondo, Fanny Ardant, Béatrice Dalle
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Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 3 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • class
  • identity
  • betrayal
  • work
Places
  • single country house
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour7
Realism6
Romance7
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Genres
comedy
Directed by
Bernard Murat
Starring
Jean-Paul Belmondo, Fanny Ardant, Béatrice Dalle, Claude Rich, Jean Yanne, Dominique Lavanant, Annie Grégorio
Runtime
93 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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