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The French Lieutenant's Woman

Movie · 1981 · 122 min

A cool, layered romance that keeps you at a distance, moving between two eras and leaving a quiet ache of longing and loss.

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1981 film directed by Karel Reisz
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Class
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Year
1981
Runtime
122 min
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 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
  • love
  • identity
  • betrayal
  • class
  • memory
Places
  • countryside
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance7
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

Details

Genres
drama, romance, historical drama
Directed by
Karel Reisz
Written by
Harold Pinter, John Fowles
Starring
Meryl Streep, Jeremy Irons, Richard Griffiths, David Warner, Penelope Wilton, Peter Vaughan, Liz Smith, Leo McKern
Music
Carl Davis
Cinematography
Freddie Francis
Runtime
122 min
Country
United States, United Kingdom
Languages
English

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