When Fear Eats the Soul

2007 0h 25m FR

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10.0

MASTERPIECE

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6.3

IMDB

★10.0TMDB · 1★6.3IMDB · 26

Drama

Synopsis

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Mixing scenes of Douglas Sirk's All That Heaven Allows and Fassbinder's Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, François Ozon creates a new film about cinephilic contamination.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Brigitte Mira
Emmi Kurowski (archive footage)
Rock Hudson
Ron Kirby (archive footage)
El Hedi ben Salem
Ali (archive footage)
Jane Wyman
Cary Scott (archive footage)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: François Ozon
Languages: German, English
Countries: France

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RUNTIME

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Tight 25-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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Released 19 years ago.

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3 / 7

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: German, English.

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ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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CAST

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Brigitte Mira and Rock Hudson and El Hedi ben Salem carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt2224417 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

François Ozon directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in France. Dialogue in German, English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 25-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Released 19 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: German, English.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Brigitte Mira and Rock Hudson and El Hedi ben Salem carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt2224417 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.