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Comme une femme

1980

A somber, tender melodrama that follows a glamorous rise and a crushing fall, leaving a lingering ache.

Overview
A transsexual becomes a star of Paris and lives a crazy love story with the lover of a friend. But the young man comes to his senses and his bourgeois upbringing. A victim of prejudice, Vicky has no choice but to kill herself.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • love
  • betrayal
  • isolation
  • death
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
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
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness8
Complexity4
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Christian Dura
Starring
Pascale Arcia, Patrick Guillemin, Jean Droze, Philippe Aussant, Judi Bobiak, Philippe Nicaud, Yvonne Clech, Anne-Marie Coffinet
Country
Canada, France
Languages
French

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