2024 · thriller · crime
Breaking Point
Directed by Yvan Attal1h 24m2024
Mathieu owes everything to his friend Vincent : his house, his job, and even his life, ten years ago. With their wives, they are an inseparable quartet, and live the easy life on the French Riviera. But Mathieu discovers Vincent is cheating on his wife.
Our read: Breaking Point (2024) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded thriller · crime entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured thriller / crime, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- sombre
- brisk
- cold
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