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The Man Who Loved Women

1977 · 119 min

A wry, bittersweet character study that charms with its frank, humorous take on obsession and loneliness.

Overview
At Bertrand Morane's burial there are many of the women that the 40-year-old engineer loved. In flashback Bertrand's life and love affairs are told by himself while writing an autobiographical novel.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 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
  • obsession
  • love
  • identity
  • loneliness
  • memory
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism8
Romance7
Tension2
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, comedy, romance
Directed by
François Truffaut
Written by
François Truffaut, Suzanne Schiffman, Michel Fermaud
Starring
Charles Denner, Leslie Caron, Nelly Borgeaud, Valérie Bonnier, Sabine Glaser, Brigitte Fossey, Geneviève Fontanel, Anna Perrier
Music
Maurice Jaubert
Cinematography
Néstor Almendros
Runtime
119 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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