Farewell to the Night (2019) poster
2019 · drama · radicalization · family

Farewell to the Night

Directed by André Téchiné1h 44m2019
ElsewhereIMDb6.6858TMDB6.167
  • heavy
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Heavy, steady, measured drama / radicalization, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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Muriel is overjoyed, as her beloved grandson Alex is staying at her place for a few days before moving to Canada to work. But when the changes in his behavior arouse her curiosity, she is led to the discovery of a dark secret.

Our read · Farewell to the Night (2019) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded drama · radicalization · family entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want a tense family drama about a grandmother facing her grandson's dangerous path.

ends unsettlingit leaves you shakena slow buildgrips by minute 25attention 4/5earns its lengthsubtitles: full
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around

Skip it tonightYou avoid stories of radicalization or heavy family secrets.

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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