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Clara de Montargis

1951 · 93 min

A gentle, old-fashioned romantic reverie about a dreamlike chance encounter and the search that follows.

Directed by
Henri Decoin
Genres
Drama
Starring
Ludmilla Tchérina, Michel François, Roland Armontel
Overview
Renaud, a young student who is camping alone at the moment, has a dream one night, in which the woman of his dreams appears. When he wakes up the next morning, he cannot believe his eyes: the creature of the dream is there by the side of the road, in the flesh! The woman accepts to drive Renaud to Montargis but it is only after she has dropped him off there that he realizes that what he experienced for her was love at first sight. He then decides not to return to Paris but to try and find the wonderful stranger in Montargis. He discovers that the woman's name is Clara and that she is the member of a drama company.

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Directed by
Henri Decoin
Genres
Drama
Starring
Ludmilla Tchérina, Michel François, Roland Armontel
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    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • love
    • identity
    • fate
    Places
    • countryside
    • small town
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
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    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour2
    Realism7
    Romance7
    Tension2
    Darkness2
    Complexity3
    Emotional weight5

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Henri Decoin
    Written by
    Henri Decoin
    Starring
    Ludmilla Tchérina, Michel François, Roland Armontel, Maurice Chevit, Madeleine Delavaivre, Robert Le Fort, Jean Meyer, Jean Piat
    Runtime
    93 min
    Country
    France
    Languages
    French

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