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Belleville Tokyo

2011 · 75 min

A quiet, bittersweet French drama about sudden abandonment and finding your footing again through work and small daily comforts.

Overview
Un couple se dirige vers un train en partance pour Venise. Sur le quai, Julien annonce à Marie qu’il part en rejoindre une autre et s’en va, la laissant seule à Paris, enceinte. Bouleversée, Marie se refuse à être victime de cette situation. Elle trouve du réconfort dans son travail auprès de ses deux « cow-boys » de patrons, Jean-Jacques et Jean-Loup, qui dirigent un cinéma du quartier latin spécialisé dans les films classiques américains…

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • betrayal
    • identity
    • isolation
    • work
    • healing
    Places
    • big city
    • workplace
    Era
    contemporary
    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
    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour3
    Realism8
    Romance4
    Tension3
    Darkness4
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Elise Girard
    Written by
    Elise Girard, Isabelle Pandazopoulos
    Starring
    Valérie Donzelli, Jérémie Elkaïm, Jean-Christophe Bouvet, Dominique Cabrera, Jean-Pierre Girard, Margaret Zenou, Pascal Besson, Philippe Nahon
    Cinematography
    Renato Berta
    Runtime
    75 min
    Country
    France
    Languages
    French

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