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Poster for Chance

Chance

1971 · 88 min

A quiet, introspective drama about a woman weighing a tempting offer against her settled life, unfolding with measured, melancholy restraint.

Overview
The actress, who is starring in a successful theatre production, is offered a big film role by an Italian director. She decides to leave her current certainties behind and throw herself into the whirlwind of a tempting opportunity, only she doesn't count on the fact that not every expectation will actually come true as she had ideally hoped...

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • identity
    • ambition
    • betrayal
    Places
    • big city
    • workplace
    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
    Humour2
    Realism7
    Romance3
    Tension4
    Darkness4
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight5

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Rangel Vulchanov
    Written by
    Rangel Vulchanov, Iva Hercíková
    Starring
    Jiřina Třebická, Josef Abrhám, Jiří Krampol, Gustav Nezval, David d'Urso, Franco Maiorano, Jana Krupičková, Zdena Bittlová
    Cinematography
    Andrej Barla
    Runtime
    88 min
    Country
    Czechoslovakia
    Languages
    Czech

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