Run (2014) poster
2014 · drama · ivorian · african

Run

Directed by Philippe Lacôte1h 40m2014
ElsewhereIMDb6.0162TMDB5.412
  • sombre
  • intense
Movie DNA

Sombre, steady, measured drama / ivorian, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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Run escapes... He just killed the Prime Minister of his country. In order to do so, he had to act as if he was a crazy man, wandering through the city. His life comes back by flashes; his childhood with Tourou when his dream was to become a rain miracle-worker, his adventures with Gladys the eater, and his past as a young member of militia, in the heart of the politic and military conflict in Ivory Coast. All those lives, Run didn't choose them. Every time, he felt in by running from another life. That's the reason why his name's Run.

Our read · Run (2014) reads as a sombre, steady, inventive drama · ivorian · african 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 an intense Ivorian political thriller about escape and buried past.

ends ambiguousit leaves you shakena rollercoastergrips by minute 8attention 4/5earns its lengthsubtitles: full
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
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Skip it tonightYou want apolitical or uplifting stories for tonight.

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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