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Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud

1995 · 106 min

Quietly observant and emotionally nuanced, it draws you into the subtle dynamics of an unlikely friendship with patience and warmth.

Overview
Nelly leaves her lazy, unemployed husband to work for retired judge Mr Arnaud, forty years her senior, after he offers to clear her bills for her. While she types his memoirs the two develop a close friendship, but Arnaud becomes jealous when Nelly begins dating his good-looking young publisher.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 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
  • friendship
  • love
  • class
  • identity
  • isolation
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism8
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Claude Sautet
Written by
Yves Ulmann, Claude Sautet, Jacques Fieschi
Starring
Emmanuelle Béart, Michel Serrault, Claire Nadeau, Françoise Brion, Michael Lonsdale, Charles Berling, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Michèle Laroque
Music
Philippe Sarde
Cinematography
Jean-François Robin
Runtime
106 min
Country
Germany, France, Italy
Languages
French

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