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Deadly Idyll

1906 · 5 min

A quiet, sorrowful early silent drama that lingers on loss and the ache of changed lives, watched with patient attention.

Directed by
Albert Capellani
Genres
Drama
Overview
Young lovers separate, she to a career on the stage and he to remain in the small village in which they grew up. Years pass and he is hired to be a porter for a theater company and finds her, a far different woman who does not recognize him.

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Directed by
Albert Capellani
Genres
Drama
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 1 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 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
  • grief
  • identity
  • memory
  • class
  • love
Places
  • small town
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour1
Realism6
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Albert Capellani
Written by
André Heuzé
Runtime
5 min
Country
France
Languages
No Language

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