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Love in the City

1953 · 115 min

A patchwork of candid, sometimes uncomfortable glimpses into desire and heartbreak, mixing documentary-like honesty with flashes of absurd humour.

Tagline
A daring new film experience... made without fear, without taboos!
Overview
Six vignettes explore love and desire in Rome, from prostitution and heartache to unwed motherhood and the male gaze.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • isolation
  • gender
  • class
  • family
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • anthology
  • nonlinear
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
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Alberto Lattuada, Carlo Lizzani, Michelangelo Antonioni, Federico Fellini
Written by
Vittorio Veltroni, Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli, Marco Ferreri
Starring
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Cinematography
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Country
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Languages
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