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Portrait of Jennie

1948 · 86 min

A hauntingly romantic, dreamlike experience that lingers with a bittersweet, otherworldly atmosphere.

Tagline
The screen's most romantic team!
Overview
In Depression-era New York, painter Eben Adams despairs at his lack of success. One cold winter evening in Central Park, he meets enigmatic, old-fashioned Jennie Appleton, who captures his fancy when she asks him to wait for her to grow up. Soon after, Eben sells a sketch of Jennie to kindly art dealer Miss Spinny and, as he meets the oddly mutable Jennie in fleeting moments, begins to realize they share a special destiny.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • romanticstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 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
  • love
  • art
  • fate
  • grief
  • memory
Places
  • big city
  • sea
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour2
Realism4
Romance8
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, romance, fantasy, mystery
Directed by
William Dieterle
Written by
Peter Berneis, Ben Hecht, Paul Osborn
Starring
Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Ethel Barrymore, Lillian Gish, Cecil Kellaway, David Wayne, Florence Bates, Albert Sharpe
Music
Dimitri Tiomkin
Cinematography
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Runtime
86 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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