Une sale histoire
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Une sale histoire is a 1977 French short film by Jean Eustache that provocatively blends staged and documentary-style storytelling around an obsessive tale of voyeurism.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Une sale histoire canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11091845 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Une sale histoire Context triple: [Jean Eustache, notableWork, Une sale histoire]
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A.
Histoires insolites
Histoires insolites is a collection of fantastical and macabre short stories by French symbolist writer Villiers de l’Isle-Adam, noted for its dark imagination and ironic exploration of human nature.
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B.
Contes cruels
Contes cruels is a celebrated collection of fantastical and macabre short stories by French symbolist writer Villiers de l’Isle-Adam, noted for its dark irony and philosophical pessimism.
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C.
Une Charogne
"Une Charogne" is a famous poem by Charles Baudelaire that starkly juxtaposes the image of a decaying corpse with reflections on beauty, love, and the transience of life.
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D.
L’Affaire
L’Affaire is a comic novel by Diane Johnson that satirizes American and European cultural clashes through a mystery set in the French Alps.
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E.
The Beast in the Cellar
The Beast in the Cellar is a 1970 British horror film, notable for its psychological tension and rural setting, in which Diane Cilento plays one of two reclusive sisters hiding a dark family secret.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Une sale histoire Target entity description: Une sale histoire is a 1977 French short film by Jean Eustache that provocatively blends staged and documentary-style storytelling around an obsessive tale of voyeurism.
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A.
Histoires insolites
Histoires insolites is a collection of fantastical and macabre short stories by French symbolist writer Villiers de l’Isle-Adam, noted for its dark imagination and ironic exploration of human nature.
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B.
Contes cruels
Contes cruels is a celebrated collection of fantastical and macabre short stories by French symbolist writer Villiers de l’Isle-Adam, noted for its dark irony and philosophical pessimism.
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C.
Une Charogne
"Une Charogne" is a famous poem by Charles Baudelaire that starkly juxtaposes the image of a decaying corpse with reflections on beauty, love, and the transience of life.
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D.
L’Affaire
L’Affaire is a comic novel by Diane Johnson that satirizes American and European cultural clashes through a mystery set in the French Alps.
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E.
The Beast in the Cellar
The Beast in the Cellar is a 1970 British horror film, notable for its psychological tension and rural setting, in which Diane Cilento plays one of two reclusive sisters hiding a dark family secret.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French film
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drama film ⓘ short film ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| director | Jean Eustache ⓘ |
| filmingStyle |
long takes
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minimalist ⓘ |
| genre |
docufiction
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drama ⓘ experimental film ⓘ |
| hasDirectorStyle |
focus on oral storytelling
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intimate conversational scenes ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeForm |
documentary-style storytelling
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staged storytelling ⓘ |
| hasPart |
documentary-style retelling of the same story
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fictionalized version of the story ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
sexual obsession
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voyeurism ⓘ |
| movement | French auteur cinema ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | a man recounting his experiences as a voyeur ⓘ |
| notableFor |
mixing staged and documentary modes in a single work
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provocative treatment of voyeurism ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| portrays |
blurring of reality and fiction
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obsessive sexual behavior ⓘ |
| producer | Jean Eustache ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1977 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Jean Eustache ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | French ⓘ |
| workOf | Jean Eustache ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Une sale histoire Description of subject: Une sale histoire is a 1977 French short film by Jean Eustache that provocatively blends staged and documentary-style storytelling around an obsessive tale of voyeurism.
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