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L'appel du devoir

2024

A hushed, pressure-cooker chamber piece where a single room and a few voices carry the weight of a nation's fate.

Directed by
Gaspard Meier-Chaurand
Genres
Drama
Starring
Vincent Elbaz, Lula Cotton-Frapier, Camille Charbeau
Overview
During a critical address, the president of a war-torn country announces the failure of peace talks and declares a general mobilization. As the heavy silence lingers, a voice rises among the journalists.

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Directed by
Gaspard Meier-Chaurand
Genres
Drama
Starring
Vincent Elbaz, Lula Cotton-Frapier, Camille Charbeau
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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • politics
  • power
  • morality
  • media
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour1
Realism8
Romance0
Tension8
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Gaspard Meier-Chaurand
Written by
Gaspard Meier-Chaurand
Starring
Vincent Elbaz, Lula Cotton-Frapier, Camille Charbeau, Ipek Esra Kinay, François Frapier, Anthea Hill, Mounir Kateb, Jean-Phillipe Martin
Cinematography
Louis Blin
Country
France
Languages
French

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