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Vicky and Her Mystery (2021) poster

2021 · adventure · family · drama

Vicky and Her Mystery

Directed by Denis Imbert1h 24m2021

Stéphane decides to move to the beautiful mountains of Cantal in order to reconnect with his 8-year-old daughter, Victoria, who has been silent since her mother's disappearance. During a walk in the forest, a shepherd gives Victoria a puppy named "Mystery" who will gradually give her a taste for life. But very quickly, Stéphane discovers that the animal is in reality a wolf… Despite the warnings and the danger of this situation, he cannot bring himself to separate his daughter from this seemingly harmless ball of hair.

Our read: Vicky and Her Mystery (2021) reads as a cosy, steady, grounded adventure · family · drama entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.

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Cosy, steady, gentle adventure / family, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.

ElsewhereIMDb6.33k
  • cosy
  • gentle
  • redemptive
  • tender
  • intimate
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How Vicky and Her Mystery feels to watch.

Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.

MoodHeavy ↔ Cosy
PacingSlow-burn ↔ Kinetic
IntensityGentle ↔ Extreme
WeirdnessConventional ↔ Surreal
HopeNihilistic ↔ Redemptive
StakesIntimate ↔ Epic
HumourNone ↔ Broad
RealityGrounded ↔ Fantastical
DensitySparse ↔ Twisty
WarmthCold ↔ Tender
AuteurTransparent ↔ Signature
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“You want a heartfelt story of a grieving girl bonding with a wild wolf.”

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Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
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Skip it tonight — You or kids can't handle grief, loss or animal peril scenes.

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