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Love on the Quiet

1985 · 100 min

A wry, talky French comedy of manners that keeps things light and civilised while quietly poking at marital arrangements.

Overview
A lawyer hires a call girl after learning his wife has invited her lover to move in; the husband and wife separate and the two new couples live side-by-side without issue - until an ex-boyfriend shows up and things start to go wrong.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • betrayal
  • class
  • identity
  • freedom
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
comedy, romance
Directed by
Édouard Molinaro
Written by
Christian Watton, Jean Sagols
Starring
Daniel Auteuil, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Emmanuelle Béart, Sophie Barjac, Daniel Ceccaldi, Mathieu Carrière, Roger Dumas, Claude Villers
Music
Alain Lemeur
Cinematography
Jean-Paul Schwartz
Runtime
100 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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