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Someone to Love

1987 · 111 min

A talky, confessional hangout that drifts between wry comedy and quiet ache as people bare their hearts about love.

Directed by
Henry Jaglom
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Henry Jaglom, Andrea Marcovicci, Michael Emil
Tagline
Everyone is looking for…
Overview
A Hollywood film director assembles a group of friends and strangers for a social gathering on Valentines Day in a deserted movie theater where he interviews each one on their opinions on love and loneliness.

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Directed by
Henry Jaglom
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Henry Jaglom, Andrea Marcovicci, Michael Emil
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 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
  • loneliness
  • love
  • identity
  • isolation
  • memory
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • mockumentary
  • ensemble
  • 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
Realism7
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Genres
comedy
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
Henry Jaglom, Andrea Marcovicci, Michael Emil, Sally Kellerman, Oja Kodar, Stephen Bishop, David Frishberg, Orson Welles
Cinematography
Hanania Baer
Runtime
111 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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