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Carrie

1952 · 118 min

A slow, somber plunge into ambition and heartbreak, watching two people's lives unravel with quiet, devastating inevitability.

Overview
In the late 1890s, the ambitious, innocent Carrie arrives in Chicago’s South Side and stays with her nagging, dullish married sister. She then runs for help to traveling salesman Charles Drouet. She soon becomes his mistress, but falls in love with married restaurant manager George Hurstwood.
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • love
  • class
  • betrayal
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
William Wyler
Written by
Augustus Goetz, Ruth Goetz
Starring
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Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
118 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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