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The Red and the Black

1997 · 200 min

A stately, literary costume drama that moves with solemn patience through thwarted passion and social climbing toward inevitable ruin.

Genres
Drama, Tv movie
Overview
In 1827, Berthet, the son of a craftsman and a young seminarian, was tried and sentenced to death for murdering his former mistress, the wife of a noble who had hired him as tutor to his children.

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 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
  • ambition
  • class
  • love
  • betrayal
  • guilt
Places
  • countryside
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance6
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama, tv movie
Directed by
Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe
Written by
Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe
Starring
Carole Bouquet, Kim Rossi Stuart, Judith Godrèche, Claude Rich, Bernard Verley, Constanze Engelbrecht, Francesco Acquaroli, Maurice Garrel
Music
Philippe Sarde
Cinematography
Gérard Vigneron
Runtime
200 min
Country
France, Germany, Italy
Languages
French

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