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Le Mans

1971 · 104 min

A slow, immersive plunge into the roar and rhythm of endurance racing, with long stretches of engine noise punctuated by quiet, aching glances.

Tagline
Steve McQueen takes you for a drive in the country. The country is France. The drive is at 200 MPH!
Overview
Filmed during the annual 24-hour endurance race at Le Mans, Michael Delaney is a Porsche driver haunted by the memory of an accident at the previous year's race in which a competing driver was killed. Delaney also finds himself increasingly infatuated with the man's widow.

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • grief
  • guilt
  • survival
  • ambition
Places
  • road trip
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror1
Humour1
Realism8
Romance3
Tension7
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
action, drama
Directed by
Lee H. Katzin
Written by
Harry Kleiner
Starring
Steve McQueen, Siegfried Rauch, Elga Andersen, Ronald Leigh-Hunt, Fred Haltiner, Luc Merenda, Christopher Waite, Louise Edlind
Music
Michel Legrand
Cinematography
Robert B. Hauser, René Guissart Jr.
Runtime
104 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English, French, German, Italian

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