Movie

Back Street

1941 · 89 min

A slow, aching romance that wraps you in longing and quiet heartbreak, leaving a lingering sadness.

Overview: In turn-of-the-century Cincinnati, vibrant shop girl Ray Smith falls in love with banker Walter Saxel, who is engaged to a socially prominent woman. Inadvertently prevented from running away with Walter, Ray remains single but reunites with him five years later. Despite Walter being married and having a son, Ray becomes his mistress, and over the years suffers social ostracism and long stretches of solitude while waiting for their brief interludes together.
How it feels: Melancholic, romantic, earnest and bleak. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Love, betrayal, isolation, class
Content: Mild sexual content. No violence, gore or swearing.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
betrayal
isolation
class
grief
Places: big city
small town
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex mild