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The Smiling Madame Beudet

1923 · 43 min

A quiet, claustrophobic study of a stifled marriage, told through dreamy images and mounting dread.

Overview
An unhappily married woman devises a scheme to get rid of her husband.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 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
  • love
  • betrayal
  • gender
  • guilt
Places
  • home
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Germaine Dulac
Written by
André Obey, Germaine Dulac
Starring
Germaine Dermoz, Alexandre Arquillière, Jean d'Yd, Yvette Grisier, Madeleine Guitty, Raoul Paoli, Armand Thirard
Cinematography
Paul Parguel, A. Morrin
Runtime
43 min
Country
France
Languages
No Language

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