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The Green Ray

1986 · 99 min

A quiet, restless summer of overheard conversations and solitary wandering, drifting through loneliness toward a fragile moment of hope.

Directed by: Éric Rohmer
Genres: Drama, Romance
Starring: Marie Rivière, Rosette, Béatrice Romand

Overview: A lonely Parisian woman comes to terms with her isolation and anxieties during a long summer vacation.

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Directed by: Éric Rohmer
Genres: Drama, Romance
Starring: Marie Rivière, Rosette, Béatrice Romand

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
loneliness
love
identity
healing
Places: big city
countryside
sea
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	0
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Humour	2
Realism	9
Romance	5
Tension	3
Darkness	4
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama, romance
Directed by: Éric Rohmer
Written by: Marie Rivière, Éric Rohmer
Starring: Marie Rivière, Rosette, Béatrice Romand, Carita Holmström, Vincent Gauthier, Eric Hamm, Joël Comarlot, Amira Chemakhi
Music: Jean-Louis Valéro
Cinematography: Sophie Maintigneux
Runtime: 99 min
Country: France
Languages: German, French, English, Spanish

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