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Love Affair

1939 · 88 min

A tender, bittersweet romance that glows with old-Hollywood charm and lingers on missed connections and quiet heartbreak.

Tagline
They Part as Strangers... to meet again as lovers...! Two people who were true to themselves...and who loved each other...at the expense of those who loved them!
Overview
A French playboy and an American former nightclub singer fall in love aboard a ship. They arrange to reunite six months later, if neither has changed their mind.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • romanticstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 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
  • love
  • fate
  • identity
  • class
  • redemption
Places
  • sea
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
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
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism7
Romance9
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Leo McCarey
Written by
Delmer Daves, Donald Ogden Stewart
Starring
Irene Dunne, Charles Boyer, Maria Ouspenskaya, Lee Bowman, Astrid Allwyn, Maurice Moscovitch, Mary Bayless, Scotty Beckett
Music
Roy Webb
Cinematography
Rudolph Maté
Runtime
88 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English, French

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