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Au pays des cigales

1946 · 85 min

A gentle, old-fashioned French romantic comedy with light scheming and a warm Mediterranean mood.

Overview
A song editor from Marseille meets the daughter of a showman whom a competitor wants to ruin to get the hand of the young woman.

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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • love
    • betrayal
    • ambition
    Places
    • big city
    Era
    contemporary
    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
    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour3
    Realism6
    Romance4
    Tension2
    Darkness2
    Complexity2
    Emotional weight3

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    Details

    Directed by
    Maurice Cam
    Starring
    Henri Alibert, Nicolas Amato, Paulette Arnoux, Francine Bessy, Hélène Garaud, Gorlett, René Génin
    Runtime
    85 min
    Languages
    French

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