Mr. Klein

Mr. Klein

1976 · 123 min · FR · PG · 7.3 (188 votes)
Dir. Joseph Losey · Starring Alain Delon, Jeanne Moreau, Francine Bergé, Juliet Berto, Jean Bouise, Suzanne Flon · Music Egisto Macchi

In the nightmare labyrinth of the Occupation

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Paris, France, 1942, during the Nazi occupation. Robert Klein, a successful art dealer who benefits from the misfortunes of those who are ruthlessly persecuted, discovers by chance that there is another Robert Klein, apparently a Jewish man; someone with whom he could be mistakenly identified, something dangerous in such harsh times.

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A chilling descent into paranoia. The film wraps you in a suffocating atmosphere of dread, where every shadow feels like a threat and the city itself becomes a labyrinth of suspicion. It's a disorienting, existential nightmare.

oppressivedisorientingparanoidanxiousclaustrophobicsteadyneo-noirhistorical dramaarthouseatmosphericidentityguiltpersecutioncollaborationexistential dread
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