The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles (2014) poster
2014 · drama

The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles

Directed by Cécile Telerman1h 58m2014
ElsewhereIMDb6.32k
  • measured
  • gentle
  • intimate
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Neutral, measured, gentle drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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Josephine and Iris, sisters with opposite personalities, have their relationship radically transformed while working on a book.

Our read · The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles (2014) reads as a neutral, measured, grounded drama entry — gentle in intensity, intimate 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 French sister drama about opposites transforming their bond while writing a book.

ends bittersweetit stays with yousteady all the waygrips by minute 15attention 3/5earns its lengthsubtitles: full
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around

Skip it tonightSkip if family relationship stories without big twists or spectacle feel slow.

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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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