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Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

1960 · 90 min

A gritty, honest portrait of working-class life, balancing rebellious energy with quiet melancholy and moments of tenderness.

Tagline
Saturday night you have your fling at life...and Sunday morning you face up to it!
Overview
A 22-year-old factory worker lets loose on the weekends: drinking, brawling, and dating two women, one of whom is older and married.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 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
  • class
  • identity
  • freedom
  • family
  • love
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour4
Realism9
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Karel Reisz
Written by
Alan Sillitoe
Starring
Albert Finney, Shirley Anne Field, Rachel Roberts, Hylda Baker, Norman Rossington, Bryan Pringle, Robert Cawdron, Avis Bunnage
Music
John Dankworth
Cinematography
Freddie Francis
Runtime
90 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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