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Strayed

2003 · 95 min

A quiet, uneasy wartime encounter that simmers with unspoken desire and danger, leaving a lingering ache.

Overview
Fleeing the June 1940 arrival of Hitler's army in Paris, a young war widow and her two children are rescued from dive-bombing German fighters by a cocky, reckless teenager. He finds them refuge in an abandoned house, but despite the fact that the family quickly comes to be depending much on his cunning and survival abilities, their cohabitation proves uneasy.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • war
  • isolation
  • identity
  • coming-of-age
Places
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance5
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, romance, war
Directed by
André Téchiné
Written by
André Téchiné, Gilles Taurand
Starring
Emmanuelle Béart, Gaspard Ulliel, Clémence Meyer, Samuel Labarthe, Jean Fornerod, Eric Kreikenmayer, Nicholas Mead, Nigel Hollidge
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
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Country
France, United Kingdom
Languages
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