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Forever and a Day

1943 · 104 min

A stately, nostalgic wartime drama that hops through generations of a family home, asking for patience but rewarding it with warmth and quiet sentiment.

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The Picture With a $1,000,000 Cast
Overview
In World War II, American Gates Trimble Pomfret is in London during the Blitz to sell the ancestral family house. The current tenant, Leslie Trimble, tries to dissuade him from selling by telling him the 140-year history of the place and the connections between the Trimble and Pomfret families.
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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • family
    • memory
    • war
    • identity
    • loyalty
    Places
    • big city
    • single country house
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • ensemble
    • nonlinear
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror1
    Humour3
    Realism7
    Romance3
    Tension4
    Darkness4
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    drama, history
    Directed by
    Victor Saville, Frank Lloyd, Edmund Goulding, Cedric Hardwicke
    Written by
    Charles Bennett, Alan Campbell, C. S. Forester, Norman Corwin
    Starring
    Kent Smith, Reginald Gardiner, Victor McLaglen, Billy Bevan, Arthur Treacher, Ruth Warrick, C. Aubrey Smith, Edmund Gwenn
    Music
    Anthony Collins
    Cinematography
    Russell Metty, Lee Garmes
    Runtime
    104 min
    Country
    United States of America
    Languages
    English

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