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The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun

1970 · 105 min

A sunlit, disorienting drive through southern France where strangers know you and nothing quite adds up.

Directed by
Anatole Litvak
Genres
Mystery, Drama, Crime
Starring
Samantha Eggar, Oliver Reed, Stéphane Audran
Tagline
Her first mistake was getting into the car.
Overview
Dany Longo is red-haired, beautiful, disturbed, passionate--and nearsighted. As she speeds through the south of France in a purloined Thunderbird on an errand for her employer and his wife, no one, including Dany herself, knows where she is headed--or why she is going there.

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Directed by
Anatole Litvak
Genres
Mystery, Drama, Crime
Starring
Samantha Eggar, Oliver Reed, Stéphane Audran
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • mystery
  • deception
  • identity
  • betrayal
  • isolation
Places
  • road trip
  • countryside
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
  • unreliable narrator
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour1
Realism7
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
mystery, drama, crime
Directed by
Anatole Litvak
Starring
Samantha Eggar, Oliver Reed, Stéphane Audran, John McEnery, Bernard Fresson, Yves Pignot, Marcel Bozzuffi, Jacques Fabbri
Music
Michel Legrand
Cinematography
Claude Renoir
Runtime
105 min
Country
France, United Kingdom
Languages
French, English

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