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Poliche

1934 · 90 min

A bittersweet, tender-hearted romance that slowly turns painful as a cheerful facade hides real feeling and chances slip away.

Overview
Didier Méreuil, affectionately called Poliche, is in love with Rosine, a beautiful girl, so he does everything to please her. She does not love him, and accepts a seductive airplane pilot who proposes to her. One day, she discovers that the funny man is just a front behind which there is a serious Didier. She will try to make up and live with him - but the gap between them is already too large.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • identity
  • betrayal
  • grief
  • loneliness
Places
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour3
Realism7
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Directed by
Abel Gance
Written by
Henri Decoin
Starring
Constant Rémy, Marie Bell, Alexander D'Arcy, Edith Méra, Betty Daussmond, Catherine Fonteney, Marguerite Mahé, Marcel Delaître
Cinematography
Harry Stradling Sr.
Runtime
90 min
Languages
French

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