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La Mandragore

1972 · 90 min

A wry, talky period comedy of manners where seduction is a battle of wits and everyone has an angle.

Overview
Callimaco, a wealthy young man, falls madly in love with Lucrezia, the beautiful young wife of a much older man, Messer Nicia. But Lucrezia is honest and faithful. Her husband has failed to help her discover love. Lucrezia will resist the combined assaults of her mother, her confessor and her husband for a long time before agreeing to cheat on him. How to approach her?

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How it feels

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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 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
  • betrayal
  • love
  • deception
  • power
  • faith
Places
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity5
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Philippe Arnal
Starring
Claude Jade, Paul Barge, Angelo Bardi, Roger Pelletier, Nathalie Nerval, Joseph Falcucci, Raymond Jourdan
Runtime
90 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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