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First Voyage

1980 · 90 min

A quiet, melancholy journey through loss and uncertain hope, carried by young faces and a slow, searching mood.

Directed by
Nadine Trintignant
Genres
Drama
Starring
Marie Trintignant, Vincent Trintignant, Richard Berry
Overview
When her mother dies, a teenage girl, together with her five-year-old brother, decides to find her long-absent sailor father.

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Directed by
Nadine Trintignant
Genres
Drama
Starring
Marie Trintignant, Vincent Trintignant, Richard Berry
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    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • grief
    • family
    • coming-of-age
    Places
    None
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    teen
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
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    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour2
    Realism8
    Romance2
    Tension3
    Darkness4
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Nadine Trintignant
    Written by
    Henriette Jelinek, Nadine Trintignant
    Starring
    Marie Trintignant, Vincent Trintignant, Richard Berry, Patrick Chesnais, Lucienne Hamon, Philippe Rouleau, Roger Riffard, Benoît Ferreux
    Music
    Georges Delerue
    Cinematography
    William Lubtchansky
    Runtime
    90 min
    Country
    France
    Languages
    French

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