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Gardez le sourire

1934 · 85 min

A tender, melancholy drift through hard times, finding fragile warmth between two lost souls.

Directed by
Pál Fejős, René Sti
Genres
Drama
Starring
Annabella, Gustav Fröhlich, Marcel Vibert
Overview
A young woman full of despair comforts a lonely unemployed man who was going to drown himself.Together they find ways to make money and they become a couple.

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Directed by
Pál Fejős, René Sti
Genres
Drama
Starring
Annabella, Gustav Fröhlich, Marcel Vibert
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 1 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
None
Places
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism7
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Pál Fejős, René Sti
Written by
Pál Fejős, Boris Palotai
Starring
Annabella, Gustav Fröhlich, Marcel Vibert, Robert Ozanne, Camille Bert, Hélène Darly, Jo Ferny
Runtime
85 min
Country
France, Austria
Languages
French

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