The Exterminating Angels (2006) poster
2006 · drama · fantasy · supernatural

The Exterminating Angels

Directed by Jean-Claude Brisseau1h 43m2006
ElsewhereIMDb5.43kRT49%Metacritic54
  • sombre
  • slow-burn
  • inventive
  • bleak
  • cold
  • intimate
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Sombre, slow-burn, measured drama / fantasy, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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A filmmaker holds a series of boundary-pushing auditions for his latest project: a thriller on the subject of female pleasure.

Our read · The Exterminating Angels (2006) reads as a sombre, slow-burn, inventive drama · fantasy · supernatural entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic 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 explicit French erotic drama exploring female pleasure and transgression.

ends unsettlingit stays with youa slow buildgrips by minute 25attention 4/5earns its lengthsubtitles: full
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
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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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