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Career Girls

1997 · 87 min

A bittersweet reunion that drifts between past and present, capturing the awkward tenderness and lingering aches of old friendship.

Tagline: All Hannah wanted was a roommate... instead she got a best friend.
Overview: A young college student in London moves into a flat and becomes best friends with a flatmate; the former moves into her own flat 4 years later but 6 years after their parting, the former returns to London to pay the latter a visit.

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: friendship
memory
identity
class
isolation
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	5
Realism	9
Romance	2
Tension	4
Darkness	4
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama, comedy
Directed by: Mike Leigh
Written by: Mike Leigh
Starring: Katrin Cartlidge, Lynda Steadman, Kate Byers, Mark Benton, Andy Serkis, Joe Tucker, Margo Stanley, Michael Healy
Music: Tony Remy, Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Cinematography: Dick Pope
Runtime: 87 min
Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English

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