2025 · comedy · drama
The Safe House
Directed by Lionel Baier1h 30m2025
An eccentric family portrait set during the May 1968 protests in Paris. A nine-year-old boy stays with his grandparents and uncles while his parents protest. When an illustrious guest seeks refuge in the apartment, the family’s dynamics change.
Our read: The Safe House (2025) reads as a warm, kinetic, grounded comedy · drama entry — gentle in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Warm, kinetic, gentle comedy / drama, grounded in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, tender.
- warm
- brisk
- gentle
- tender
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