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Love at Twenty

1962 · 120 min

A wistful, uneven patchwork of youthful longing, shifting between tender and odd, held together by elegant music and still photography.

Genres
Drama, Romance
Tagline
The Intimate Secrets of Young Lovers
Overview
Love at Twenty unites five directors from five different countries to present their different perspectives on what love really is at the age of 20. The episodes are united with the score of Georges Delerue and still photos of Henri Cartier-Bresson.

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 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
  • coming-of-age
  • identity
  • obsession
  • isolation
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • anthology
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour3
Realism7
Romance7
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Andrzej Wajda, François Truffaut, Marcel Ophüls, Shintarō Ishihara
Written by
François Truffaut, Jerzy Stefan Stawiński, Renzo Rossellini, Yvon Samuel
Starring
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Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
120 min
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Germany, France, Italy, Japan, Poland
Languages
Italian, German, French, Polish, Japanese

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