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Quite a classy little film, this one. "Malik" (Antonin Viswanadhan) returns from Paris to his home in Tunisia after the death of his father and falls in love with his mother's handyman "Bilal" (Salim Kechiouche). He doesn't so much come out to, as get caught out by, his mother -…
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The String
67%
Movie
1h 33m
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The String (2009) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of The String (2009) — a movie tagged as Romance and Drama with emotional moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: Malik has a lot on his plate when he returns home to Tunisia after living in France. He's processing his father's death, he can't come out to his mother, and his childhood anxieties have resurfaced. But all of Malik's problems seem to fade away when he falls for Bilal, the dreamy houseboy at his mother's bourgeois e… Our models also surface themes such as family from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for date night. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~93 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate The String 67% (50 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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Synopsis
Malik has a lot on his plate when he returns home to Tunisia after living in France. He's processing his father's death, he can't come out to his mother, and his childhood anxieties have resurfaced. But all of Malik's problems seem to fade away when he falls for Bilal, the dreamy houseboy at his mother's bourgeois estate.
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- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 2009-05-12
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- TMDB rating
- 6.7
- TMDB ID
- 69746
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Malik has a lot on his plate when he returns home to Tunisia after living in France. He's processing his father's death, he can't come out to his mother, and his childhood anxieties have resurfaced... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
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Quite a classy little film, this one. "Malik" (Antonin Viswanadhan) returns from Paris to his home in Tunisia after the death of his father and falls in love with his mother's handyman "Bilal" (Salim Kechiouche). He doesn't so much come out to, as get caught out by, his mother - a still stunning Claudia Cardinale - and the story focuses on the personal and cultural hurdles not just current, but in his past, as they all come to terms. It's a beautifully shot, evenly paced story from a part of the world not often associated with this genre of cinema. Well worth a watch.
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