Demandez la permission aux enfants ! (2007) poster
2007 · comedy

Demandez la permission aux enfants !

Directed by Eric Civanyan1h 36m2007
ElsewhereIMDb5.6249
  • warm
  • brisk
  • gentle
Movie DNA

Warm, kinetic, gentle comedy, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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Demandez la permission aux enfants ! (2007) reads as a warm, kinetic, grounded comedy entry — gentle in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent 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 light French family comedy where kids flip the household power.

ends warmyou’ll be fine aftersteady all the waygrips by minute 6attention 2/5breezes bysubtitles: full
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around

Skip it tonightSkip if bratty-kid antics or gentle farce will grate tonight.

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DNA · twelve axes

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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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