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Sons and Lovers

1960 · 103 min

A slow, emotionally intense portrait of a young man torn between artistic ambition and a suffocating maternal bond, set against a bleak mining town.

Tagline: You'll never forget the young lovers in...
Overview: The son of a working-class British mining family has dreams of pursuing an art career, but when he strikes up an affair with an older, married woman from the town it enrages his kind but possessive mother.

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
identity
class
love
isolation
Places: small town
home
workplace
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	6
Tension	5
Darkness	6
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Jack Cardiff
Written by: T. E. B. Clarke, Gavin Lambert
Starring: Mary Ure, Trevor Howard, Dean Stockwell, Wendy Hiller, Heather Sears, William Lucas, Conrad Phillips, Ernest Thesiger
Music: Mario Nascimbene
Cinematography: Freddie Francis
Runtime: 103 min
Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English

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