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The stranger

1931 · 88 min

A slow, talky drama of high society secrets and quiet revenge, with a cool, theatrical distance.

Overview
In a luxury hotel, a gathering of foreign high society people attend a wedding lunch. By the end of the feast a dramatic turn of events occurs : on the time of leaving the groom realizes that his newly married wife has... disappeared ! One morning, some time later, he meets her again at the Bois de Boulogne. She tells him everything about her strange attitude: she needed to be married to be able to have access to her husband's money. With this money, she managed to avenge her mother.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • revenge
  • betrayal
  • class
  • deception
  • family
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism6
Romance4
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Gaston Ravel
Starring
Fernand Fabre, Elvira Popescu, Henri Debain, Cady Winter, Tonia Navar
Cinematography
Léonce-Henri Burel
Runtime
88 min
Country
France

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