very sweet and innocent in specific area's but also very cookie cutter in others.
strangely amazingly shot with the seriousness of any other film as its metallic places and rooms of its home become all the same when santa arrives.
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Dial Code Santa Claus
When the world of childhood encounters that of horror.
Rating
2.5 (1)
Release Date
1/17/1990Runtime
88 minsOverview
Thomas de Frémont, a precocious child obsessed with action films, sets himself up for a terrifying Christmas Eve after he unwittingly makes contact with a deranged psychopath who claims he's Santa Claus.
Status
ReleasedOriginal Language
FrenchBudget
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How It Feels
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A twisted inversion of home-invasion thrillers that forces a film-obsessed child to play out his action-movie fantasies against a real predator on Christmas Eve. It's genuinely unsettling, childhood vulnerability meets genuine menace, with no safety nets.
Mood
UnsettlingDread-soakedTenseDefiant
Themes
Coming of ageSurvivalObsession
Tone
Bleak
Pacing
Propulsive
Look
HandheldNaturalistic
Structure
Single location
Heads up
Graphic violenceChild endangermentAnimal harm
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Louis Ducreux
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Patrick Floersheim
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Alain Lalanne
Thomas de Frémont
François-Eric Gendron
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Stéphane Legros
Pilou
Franck Capillery
Le policier
Nicole Raucher
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Le jardinier
Charles de Feral
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Mousse
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