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2009 · drama · obsession · whimsical

Wild Grass

Directed by Alain Resnais1h 44m2009
ElsewhereIMDb6.24kRT68%Metacritic65TMDB6.087
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Neutral, steady, measured drama / obsession, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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A quirky woman who spends her free time as a pilot has her purse stolen; a mysterious man finds her wallet, and they embark on a peculiar romance.

Our read · Wild Grass (2009) reads as a neutral, steady, surreal drama · obsession · whimsical entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature. 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 whimsical, unpredictable French romance of chance and obsession.

ends ambiguousit stays with youmeditativegrips by minute 25attention 4/5earns its lengthsubtitles: full
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around

Skip it tonightYou need clear plot or conventional love stories.

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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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