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Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl

2009 · 64 min

A quiet, talky tale of longing and regret, told with formal elegance and a wry, melancholy air.

Overview
On a train to Algarve, a young man recounts to a fellow passenger his past relationship with an eccentric young woman.
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 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
  • love
  • class
  • betrayal
  • obsession
  • morality
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism7
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Manoel de Oliveira
Written by
Manoel de Oliveira
Starring
Ricardo Trêpa, Catarina Wallenstein, Júlia Buisel, Leonor Silveira, Filipe Vargas, Diogo Dória, Luís Miguel Cintra, Glória de Matos
Cinematography
Sabine Lancelin
Runtime
64 min
Country
Portugal, Spain, France
Languages
Portuguese

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