The Man in the Basement

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After a Jewish couple sells their basement to a former history teacher, they discover his secret life as an anti-Semitic conspiracy theorist. As the couple struggles to rescind the sale, the buyer befriends their naive teenage daughter.

After a Jewish couple (Jérémie Renier and The Artist's Bérénice Bejo) sells their basement to a former history teacher (The Intouchables' François Cluzet), they discover his secret life as an anti-Semitic conspiracy theorist. As the couple struggles to rescind the sale, the buyer befriends their naive teenage daughter.—Greenwich Entertainment

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Keywords
  • brother brother relationship
  • lawyer
  • basement
  • holocaust denial
  • antisemitism
Genres
  • Thriller
  • Drama
Release date Oct 12, 2021
Countries of origin France
Official sites Ad Vitam Distribution Greenwich Entertainment
Language French
Filming locations 33 rue Marx-Dormoy, Paris 18, Paris, France
Production companies France 2 Cinéma Les Films des Tournelles Big Sur Films

Box office

Budget $4560000
Gross US & Canada $12563
Opening weekend US & Canada $3450
Gross worldwide $462250

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 54m
Color Color
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

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