# Carne (1991)

> A brutally compressed French character study follows an isolated horse butcher whose fragile paternal life collapses into irreversible violence.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/1026

## Facts

- Runtime: 38 min
- Genres: Drama, Thriller, Crime
- Director: Gaspar Noé
- Cast: Philippe Nahon, Blandine Lenoir, Marie Berto, Frankie Pain, Lucile Hadžihalilović, Frédéric Bodson, Hélène Testud, Roland Guéridon
- TMDB rating: 6.8/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0218871/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: extreme
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: bleak, oppressive, visceral, serious arthouse viewing, cinephile film study

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