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Alfie

1966 · 114 min

A charming rogue chats directly to you, but his hollow swagger slowly curdles into a quiet, lonely reckoning.

Tagline
Is any man an Alfie? Ask any girl!
Overview
A young man leads a promiscuous lifestyle until several life reversals make him rethink his purposes and goals in life.

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  • Paramount Plus
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Tone
  • cynicalstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • isolation
  • love
  • betrayal
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour6
Realism8
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama, romance
Directed by
Lewis Gilbert
Written by
Bill Naughton
Starring
Michael Caine, Shelley Winters, Millicent Martin, Julia Foster, Jane Asher, Shirley Anne Field, Vivien Merchant, Eleanor Bron
Music
Sonny Rollins
Cinematography
Otto Heller
Runtime
114 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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