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Pretty Polly

1967 · 102 min

A gentle, sunlit coming-of-age romance that unfolds at an easy pace, mixing light comedy with a touch of melancholy.

Directed by
Guy Green
Genres
Drama, Romance, Comedy
Tagline
...a bird who shed her feathers overnight!
Overview
Miss Polly decides to spend a few months with her wealthy spinster aunt as a traveling companion. While in Singapore her aunt's demise leaves her alone to pursue her freedom and explore an arm's length romance with a local boy.

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Directed by
Guy Green
Genres
Drama, Romance, Comedy
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • freedom
  • coming-of-age
  • love
  • identity
  • family
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
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
Romance6
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Genres
drama, romance, comedy
Directed by
Guy Green
Written by
Keith Waterhouse, Willis Hall
Starring
Hayley Mills, Trevor Howard, Shashi Kapoor, Brenda De Banzie, Dick Patterson, Kalen Liu, Peter Bayliss, Patricia Routledge
Music
Michel Legrand
Cinematography
Arthur Ibbetson
Runtime
102 min
Country
United Kingdom, United States of America
Languages
English

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