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102 Boulevard Haussmann

1990 · 74 min

A quiet, chamber-like drama that immerses you in a reclusive artist's obsessive world, slow and introspective.

Directed by: Udayan Prasad
Genres: Drama, Tv movie
Starring: Alan Bates, Janet McTeer, Jonathan Coy

Overview: In 1916 author Marcel Proust is leading a reclusive life in Paris. He hires a quartet of musicians and befriends one of them, a wounded serviceman.

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Directed by: Udayan Prasad
Genres: Drama, Tv movie
Starring: Alan Bates, Janet McTeer, Jonathan Coy

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: obsession
isolation
art
identity
love
Places: big city
home
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	3
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Complexity	6
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Genres: drama, tv movie
Directed by: Udayan Prasad
Written by: Alan Bennett
Starring: Alan Bates, Janet McTeer, Jonathan Coy, Gillian Martell, Paul Rhys, Philip Rham, Peter Geeves, Celia Imrie
Music: George Fenton
Cinematography: John Hooper
Runtime: 74 min
Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English

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