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Girlfriends

1978 · 88 min

A tender, low-key slice of life about friendship and solitude, funny and sad in equal measure, with a lived-in intimacy.

Tagline
Everyone has one, wants one, or is one.
Overview
A photographer and her best friend are roommates. She is stuck with small-change shooting jobs and dreams of success. When her roommate decides to get married and leave, she feels hurt and has to learn how to deal with living alone.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • loneliness
  • identity
  • coming-of-age
  • love
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism8
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, comedy
Directed by
Claudia Weill
Written by
Vicki Polon
Starring
Melanie Mayron, Eli Wallach, Adam Cohen, Anita Skinner, Jean De Baer, Christopher Guest, Nancy Mette, Kenneth McMillan
Music
Michael Small
Cinematography
Fred Murphy
Runtime
88 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English, Italian

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