Three Dancing Slaves

Three Dancing Slaves

Directed by Gaël Morel

Produced by Sépia Productions, CNC

200486 min5.8 / 10

A gritty, melancholic portrait of three brothers navigating grief, temptation, and emerging desire in a working-class French town after their mother's death.

Annecy is no tourist destination for three working-class Algerian brothers and their father, in the months after their mother has died. Marc is deeply troubled: he tries to stiff drug dealers and then plots revenge. Christophe is released from jail, lands a job, and must overcome various temptations in order to keep it. Olivier, nearing 18, may be falling in love with Hicham...

Questions people ask

  • Is Three Dancing Slaves sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.

  • Does Three Dancing Slaves end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% of films.

  • Is Three Dancing Slaves scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of films.

  • Is Three Dancing Slaves violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Three Dancing Slaves easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

23/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity33

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise23

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love15

How much audiences actually like it

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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