Visiting Hours

Visiting Hours

Directed by Patricia Mazuy

Produced by ARP Sélection, Picseyes

2024108 min5.8 / 10

A tender, introspective study of two women from different worlds who forge an unlikely bond through shared loneliness and the liminal space of prison visits.

Alma, alone in her big townhouse, and Mina, a single mother from a housing project in another city, have organized their lives around the prison visits they make to their respective partners. When the two women meet in the room outside the visiting area, an unlikely friendship begins...

Questions people ask

  • Is Visiting Hours sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.

  • Is Visiting Hours violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

  • Is Visiting Hours easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 67% of films.

  • Is Visiting Hours scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

  • Does Visiting Hours end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 62% of films.

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.

14/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity25

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise6

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love15

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like Visiting Hours

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Visiting Hours

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Visiting Hours, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Visiting Hours, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Visiting Hours, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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