What are the key story phases in Cyanide?

The story of Cyanide progresses through these phases: The Idealized Myth, The Father's Return, Shattered Illusions, The Literal Consequence.

How does Cyanide end?

In the final act ("The Literal Consequence"): Joe attempts a final suicide blackmail to maintain control. Achille takes the threat literally, triggering a fatal outcome that permanently alters the family's trajectory.

Cyanide (2013) — AI Story Visualization

Name: Cyanide
Genre: drama
Released: 2013
Rating: 5.5

Plot Analysis Summary

A teenage boy's idealized view of his violent, manipulative father shatters after his release from prison, leading to a tragic confrontation.

Story Structure — 4 Plot Phases

The Idealized Myth

The Father's Return

Shattered Illusions

The Literal Consequence

Achille, 13, awaits, full of hope, the release from prison of his father, unknown and fantasized. His dream of living as a threesome, like a real family, will be seriously undermined by a mother exhausted from waiting and this father who is unsuitable and made irresponsible by so many years of incarceration. Will this vulnerable person with a flamboyant past be able to keep the promise he made to his son to never live apart from him again?

Directed by

Séverine Cornamusaz

Key Cast

Alexandre Etzlinger — Achille
Roy Dupuis — Joe
Sabine Timoteo — Pénélope
Christophe Sermet — Alexis
Ludivine Geschworner — Mathilde

Rating: 5.5/10 (17 votes)