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The Woman in White

1981 · 148 min

A slow, shadowy Victorian mystery that keeps you leaning in, with a haunting woman in white and secrets lurking in grand estates.

Overview: Young aspiring artist gets a place as a teacher of painting on the estate of land-owner Fairlie, where his sisters Marian and Laura become his students. Returning home late in the evening, he unexpectedly meets a strange woman, dressed head-to-toe in white on a deserted road.

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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 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: mystery
identity
deception
isolation
love
Places: single country house
big city
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

All scales, 0 to 10

Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	3
Horror	3
Humour	2
Realism	7
Romance	4
Tension	6
Darkness	6
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	6

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