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  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 29 m
  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 29 m

Summary To find the driver of the vintage mocha-colored Mercedes which she thinks hit her son and devastated her life, Diane Kramer (Emmanuelle Devos) embarks on a trip to take revenge. She goes to Évian, where she has learned the driver of the Mercedes lives, but she now has to face another woman, Marlene (Nathalie Baye) – a beauty salon propri...

Directed By: Frédéric Mermoud

Written By: Jean-Stéphane Bron, Tatiana De Rosnay, Antonin Martin-Hilbert, Anne-Louise Trividic, Frédéric Mermoud

  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 29 m
  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 29 m

Moka

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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Summary To find the driver of the vintage mocha-colored Mercedes which she thinks hit her son and devastated her life, Diane Kramer (Emmanuelle Devos) embarks on a trip to take revenge. She goes to Évian, where she has learned the driver of the Mercedes lives, but she now has to face another woman, Marlene (Nathalie Baye) – a beauty salon propri...

Directed By: Frédéric Mermoud

Written By: Jean-Stéphane Bron, Tatiana De Rosnay, Antonin Martin-Hilbert, Anne-Louise Trividic, Frédéric Mermoud

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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20% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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80% Positive
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20% Mixed
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100
Jun 30, 2017
You could rightly call it a thriller, but a slow-burning one, and a film that’s driven by character, not plot points. And that won’t do in Tinseltown. So enjoy the original, preferably in a theater, and revel in the rich, layered performances of veteran actresses Emmanuelle Devos and Nathalie Baye (men are incidental in this movie, another Hollywood no-no).
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80
Jun 15, 2017
The sound of the zipper on Diane’s handbag, for example, becomes extremely ominous in Mermoud’s capable hands, while two distinct musical themes, written by Christian Garcia and Gregoire Hetzel, respectively, further enhance the mood and help establish the film’s bona fides as a classy and classical psychological thriller.
By Boyd van Hoeij FULL REVIEW
80
Jun 13, 2017
The movie’s climax has sufficient twists and turns for a conventional payoff. But the movie, adapted from a novel by Tatiana de Rosnay, is ultimately more concerned with the genuinely tragic dimensions of the story than its suspense angles.
By Glenn Kenny FULL REVIEW
70
Jun 15, 2017
Watching these two fine actresses circle each other in a kind of watchful alligator’s tango, each waiting for the other to blink first, is the chief pleasure on offer in Moka.
By Guy Lodge FULL REVIEW
70
Jun 15, 2017
Fascinating in the way it explores the inner lives of these two women, Moka is never quite as tense or compelling on the level of a thriller.
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60
Jun 15, 2017
Though it’s a phlegmatic, sometimes stumbling thriller, Moka, directed and co-written by Frédéric Mermoud, still has its share of gripping suspense.
By Melissa Anderson FULL REVIEW
50
Jun 12, 2017
Frédéric Mermoud's film makes an elaborate pretense of honoring the traditions of the observational procedural.
By Chuck Bowen FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Diligence Films, Tabo Tabo Films, Bande a Part Films, Sampek Productions, Canal+, Ciné+, Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS), SRG - SSR, Office Fédéral de la Culture, Cinéforom, Loterie Suisse Romande, SofiTVCiné 3, Cofimage 27, Succes Cinema, Succés Passage Antenne
Release Date Jun 14, 2017
Duration 1 h 29 m
Rating Not Rated
Genres
Tagline What would you have done in her place?
Website https://www.tabotabo.com/cinema/moka-17
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Awards

Locarno International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Swiss Film Prize
• 1 Nomination
Film by the Sea International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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