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Sweet and Lowdown

1999 · 95 min

A wry, bittersweet character study that drifts between comic vanity and quiet heartbreak, carried by jazz and a rueful documentary framing.

Overview
In the 1930s, jazz guitarist Emmet Ray idolizes Django Reinhardt, faces gangsters and falls in love with a mute woman.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • obsession
  • ambition
  • identity
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • mockumentary
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour6
Realism6
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama, music
Directed by
Woody Allen
Written by
Woody Allen
Starring
Sean Penn, Samantha Morton, Anthony LaPaglia, Uma Thurman, James Urbaniak, John Waters, Gretchen Mol, Denis O'Hare
Cinematography
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Runtime
95 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
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