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Les Sœurs Hortensia

1935 · 100 min

A frothy old-fashioned musical comedy of mistaken likenesses and marital mix-ups, light on its feet and easy to enjoy.

Overview: Aline's father encourages his daughter's extra-marital love affair with a rich Argentinian. Aline's husband meets a little dancer, Marie, who looks like his wife. Marie is the daughter of a former friend of Aline's father. The two young women perform a dance number, the Argentinian is ruined and the spouses are reconciled.

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Tone: lightstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 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: love
betrayal
family
identity
class
Places: big city
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: musical
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	0
Humour	6
Realism	5
Romance	6
Tension	3
Darkness	2
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	3

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Genres: comedy
Directed by: René Guissart
Starring: Meg Lemonnier, Lucien Baroux, Albert Brouett, Charles Camus, Julien Carette, Marie-Jacqueline Chantal, Renée Dennsy, Lucette Desmoulins
Runtime: 100 min
Country: France
Languages: French

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