If you loved Le chat qui dort, try Canicule
Un pont entre un film que tu as déjà vu et un que peu de gens ont croisé. Voici ce qu'ils partagent, et ce que le second fait que le premier ne fait pas.
Ce qu'ils partagent
Theyboth carry the slow burn mood tag, and they sit in Crime / Mystery / Thriller territory. If that's the register that drew you to Le chat qui dort, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
slow burn
What Canicule is
Dust-choked streets, high noon. A single wreath flutters on a gate. A detective steps off the bus, heels clicking toward black limousines lined along cracked pavement. A water tanker’s distant groan follows him like a ghost. Narrative coiled tight as a hose in the 70s drought-thriller canon.
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