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Gentle Monster

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Summary

Renowned pianist relocates with her family to the countryside, where she uncovers a life-shattering truth that forces her to confront the complexities of love, trust, and deception.

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

James Mottram

Léa Seydoux delivers a gut-wrenching performance as a woman whose marriage implodes under the most terrible of circumstances in this bleak but brilliant drama. She plays Lucy, a French musician who moves to the German countryside with husband Philip (Laurence Rupp) and their son Johnny (Malo Blanchet). But this idyllic life is shattered, horrifyingly, when the Munich child sex crimes unit arrests Philip. Upon his computer are images of child pornography, which he claims to be selling for money - the first in a series of lies. Writer/director Marie Kreutzer (Corsage) stays close to Lucy's harrowing emotional journey, as she goes from absolute denial, desperate to keep her family together, to questioning whether her husband could have abused their son. Meanwhile, in a parallel story, young investigating officer Else (Jella Haase) confronts the sexual misconduct of her ageing father. However, Gentle Monster is at its strongest when it stays with Seydoux's soul-ripping turn. Elevated by music arranged by French musician Camille (Emilia Pérez), this is powerful and profound.

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Cast

rolenameLucy WeissLéa SeydouxEloiseCatherine DeneuvePhilip WeissLaurence RuppElsa KühnJella HaaseHermann KühnSylvester GrothJohnnyMalo Blanchet

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rolenameDirectorMarie Kreutzer

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Theatrical distributor

Netflix

Released on

2026-10-30

Languages

English | German | French

Guidance

Swearing, a sex scene, nudity

Formats

Colour

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