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Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

2008 · 92 min

A charming, fast-paced romantic comedy with a warm heart, set in a glamorous pre-war London full of witty banter and mistaken identities.

Directed by: Bharat Nalluri
Genres: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Starring: Frances McDormand, Amy Adams, Lee Pace

Tagline: Every woman will have her day.
Overview: London, England, on the eve of World War II. Guinevere Pettigrew, a strict governess who is unable to keep a job, is fired again. Lost in the hostile city, a series of fortunate circumstances lead her to meet Delysia LaFosse, a glamorous and dazzling American jazz singer whose life is a chaos ruled by indecision, a continuous battle between love and fame.

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Directed by: Bharat Nalluri
Genres: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Starring: Frances McDormand, Amy Adams, Lee Pace

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Tone: warmstrength 3 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
identity
class
friendship
redemption
Places: big city
home
Era: period
Audience: teen
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	0
Humour	7
Realism	6
Romance	7
Tension	3
Darkness	2
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: drama, comedy, romance
Directed by: Bharat Nalluri
Written by: Simon Beaufoy, David Magee
Starring: Frances McDormand, Amy Adams, Lee Pace, Ciarán Hinds, Shirley Henderson, Mark Strong, Tom Payne, Christina Cole
Music: Paul Englishby
Cinematography: John de Borman
Runtime: 92 min
Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
Languages: English

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