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Carlos

2010Movie5 h 39 minNR

85

ExcellentGoodWatch score

85

ExcellentGoodWatch score

Rotten Tomatoes

Summary

The story of Venezuelan revolutionary, Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, who founded a worldwide terrorist organization and raided the OPEC headquarters in 1975 before being caught by the French police.

Good for

Friends night
Binge-friendly
Thought-provoking

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Fingerprint

Draws you into power games.
Puts you inside a crime.
Keeps you on edge.
Leaves you shaken.
Pulls you in.

Not for warmth, comfort or laughs.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

At a glance

Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+14)
Critics 94Audiences 80GoodWatch 86
Metascore94
Tomatometer93%
Audience score85%
User score7.9
IMDb7.6
Box office
5%of its budget back
Budget
$18 M
Worldwide
$871 K
Worldwide it made back $871 K of the $18 M it cost.
Running time
5 h 39 min
Longer than 9 in 10 crime movies, +233 min on the typical 106
typical 106339
Half of all crime movies run 95–120 min.
Reach
Streams in 19 countries, rent or buy in 8 more
+9
Released
2010
July 7, 2010
16 years ago
Genres
CrimeDramaHistory
Language
English
Original language
Also spoken
FrenchGermanSpanishArabicHungarianJapaneseRussian
Made in
Germany
France
Rated
- NRUnited States
What's in it
ViolenceStrong
Gore, disturbing imagesMild
Frightening scenesLittle or none
Sex, nudityLittle or none
Dark themesStrong
Strong languageNamed in the advisories
Drug useNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightSolo WatchBinge-FriendlyThought-Provoking
Not listed for kids or family movie night.
24 of 58
Directing · 1
Olivier Assayas Director, Screenplay
Writing · 2
Dan Franck Screenplay
Daniel LeConte Screenplay, Producer
Production · 8
Raphaël Cohen Executive Producer
Sabine Sidawi Executive Producer
Judy Tossell Executive Producer
Jens Meurer Producer
Frank Lehmann Producer
Jona Wirbeleit Producer
Camera · 2
Yorick Le Saux Director of Photography
Denis Lenoir Director of Photography
Editing · 2
Luc Barnier Editor
Marion Monnier Editor
Sound · 5
Martin Sadoux Sound
Laurent Boudaud Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Nicolas Moreau Sound
Daniel Sobrino Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Nicolas Cantin Sound Editor
Art · 4
François-Renaud Labarthe Production Design
Tibor Dora Set Decoration
Cédric Henry Art Direction
Bertram Strauß Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 2
Jürgen Doering Costume Design
Françoise Clavel Costume Design

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