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Jane Eyre

1943 · 97 min

A brooding, shadowy gothic romance that wraps you in fog and longing, sweeping you toward a hard-won, tearful happiness.

Tagline: A love story every woman would die a thousand deaths to live!
Overview: After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meets the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Edward Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?

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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 3 of 3
romanticstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
identity
isolation
morality
class
Places: single country house
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language none
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	4
Humour	1
Realism	6
Romance	8
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama, romance
Directed by: Robert Stevenson
Written by: John Houseman, Robert Stevenson, Aldous Huxley
Starring: Orson Welles, Joan Fontaine, Margaret O'Brien, Peggy Ann Garner, John Sutton, Sara Allgood, Henry Daniell, Agnes Moorehead
Music: Bernard Herrmann
Cinematography: George Barnes
Runtime: 97 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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