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Long Live Life

1984 · 106 min

A teasing, secretive puzzle that keeps its cards close, mixing romance and unease while asking you to lean in and pay attention.

Directed by: Claude Lelouch
Genres: Thriller, Comedy, Drama
Starring: Charlotte Rampling, Michel Piccoli, Jean-Louis Trintignant

Overview: The movie starts with an interview with director Claude Lelouch. He pleads viewers not to disclose the plot of the movie after leaving the projection room. Even the movie's trailer shows only a long sequence of faces gazing speechlessly in space. "Like all my movies, this one is about a man and a woman", says Lelouch in the interview.

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Directed by: Claude Lelouch
Genres: Thriller, Comedy, Drama
Starring: Charlotte Rampling, Michel Piccoli, Jean-Louis Trintignant

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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
mystery
memory
fate
identity
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	3
Horror	1
Humour	3
Realism	6
Romance	6
Tension	5
Darkness	4
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: thriller, comedy, drama, mystery, science fiction
Directed by: Claude Lelouch
Written by: Jérôme Tonnerre, Claude Lelouch
Starring: Charlotte Rampling, Michel Piccoli, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Évelyne Bouix, Charles Aznavour, Laurent Malet, Tanya Lopert, Raymond Pellegrin
Music: Didier Barbelivien
Cinematography: Bernard Lutic
Runtime: 106 min
Country: France
Languages: French

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