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Same Time, Next Year

1978 · 119 min

A tender, bittersweet two-hander that unfolds like a series of intimate reunions, balancing warmth and regret as years slip by in a single room.

Directed by
Robert Mulligan
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Tagline
They couldn't have celebrated happier anniversaries if they were married to each other.
Overview
A man and woman meet by chance at a romantic inn over dinner and, although both are happily married to others, they find themselves in the same bed the next morning questioning how this could have happened. They agree to meet on the same weekend each year—in the same hotel room—and the years pass each has some personal crisis that the other helps them through, often without both of them understanding what is going on.

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Directed by
Robert Mulligan
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • betrayal
  • aging
  • memory
  • family
Places
  • single country house
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism7
Romance7
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Genres
comedy, drama, romance
Directed by
Robert Mulligan
Written by
Bernard Slade
Starring
Alan Alda, Ellen Burstyn, Ivan Bonar, Bernie Kuby, Cosmo Sardo, David Northcutt, William Cantrell
Music
Marvin Hamlisch
Cinematography
Robert Surtees
Runtime
119 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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