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The Fugitive Kind

1960 · 121 min

A sweaty, brooding Southern drama that simmers with repressed desire and impending violence, demanding patience but rewarding with raw performances.

Tagline: With a guitar and a snake skin jacket he drifted out of the rain...and into the lives of these two women...
Overview: Val Xavier, a drifter of obscure origins, arrives at a small town and gets a job in a store run by Lady Torrence. Her husband, Jabe M. Torrance, is dying of cancer. Val is pursued by Carol Cutere, the enigmatic local tramp-of-good-family.
How it feels: Dark, melancholic, tense and romantic. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Isolation, obsession, betrayal, guilt
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
obsession
betrayal
guilt
fate
Places: small town
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild