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The Man Who Cried

2000 · 96 min

A slow, lyrical journey through displacement and longing, with moments of music and tenderness amid looming historical darkness.

Directed by
Sally Potter
Genres
Romance, Drama, Music
Overview
A young refugee travels from Russia to America in search of her lost father and falls in love with a gypsy horseman.

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Directed by
Sally Potter
Genres
Romance, Drama, Music
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 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
  • identity
  • isolation
  • love
  • family
  • war
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
  • road trip
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour2
Realism7
Romance6
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Genres
romance, drama, music, war
Directed by
Sally Potter
Written by
Sally Potter
Starring
Christina Ricci, Johnny Depp, Cate Blanchett, John Turturro, Harry Dean Stanton, Oleg Yankovsky, Don Fellows, Claudia Lander-Duke
Cinematography
Sacha Vierny
Runtime
96 min
Country
France, United Kingdom, United States of America
Languages
English, French, Italian, Romanian, Russian, Yiddish

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