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The Man in the Basement

Name: The Man in the Basement
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 2021
Duration: 114 min
Cast: François Cluzet, Bérénice Bejo, Jérémie Renier, Jonathan Zaccaï, Martine Chevallier

Taste attributes: comedydramathrillerfastfresh & originallightimaginaryglossycomplex relationshiprescue/escape/jeopardy

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Boxlist takeFast and heightened: a comedy-drama that is balanced on everything else. Best if you like pace over patience.

Taste details

Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

Quality rating

5.4 /10

TMDB · 26 votes

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What lines up

Wholesomeness: Balanced wholesomeness, just how this profile likes it
Linearity: Balanced linearity, just how this profile likes it
Setting / scale: Balanced setting / scale, just how this profile likes it

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Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy
Emotional punch: Balanced emotional punch, where this profile leans emotive / stirring

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Synopsis

A Parisian couple decides to sell an unsanitary basement in their building. A very ordinary, nondescript man, Mr. Fonzic, shows up to buy it. Nothing unusual there, until the man moves into the cellar and makes it his permanent residence. The couple tries desperately to cancel the sale but to no avail. Worse, Mr. Fonzic becomes a threat to their family as he befriends their teenage daughter on whom he seems to exert a perverted influence.

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