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What War May Bring

2010 · 120 min

A sweeping, music-soaked romantic melodrama where passion collides with wartime history, leaving a bittersweet ache.

Overview
A theater projectionist's daughter is involved in the Resistance in WWII, but she doesn’t share his political involvement & only believes in passion. She follows the men she loves unconditionally, suffering betrayal and hardship.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 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
  • war
  • betrayal
  • fate
  • guilt
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour3
Realism6
Romance8
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Claude Lelouch
Written by
Pierre Uytterhoeven, Claude Lelouch
Starring
Audrey Dana, Laurent Couson, Raphaël, Samuel Labarthe, Jacky Ido, Gilles Lemaire, Dominique Pinon, Judith Magre
Music
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Cinematography
Gérard de Battista
Runtime
120 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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