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Where Angels Fear to Tread

1991 · 108 min

A restrained, sun-baked costume drama of manners, where provincial English repression grates against Tuscan warmth and quiet cruelties build toward sorrow.

Directed by: Charles Sturridge
Genres: Drama, Romance
Starring: Rupert Graves, Helen Mirren, Helena Bonham Carter

Tagline: Only one thing could come between Lilia and her Italian lover… her in-laws.
Overview: An English widow goes to Italy, falls in love with a dentist's son and marries him, against her straitlaced family's wishes.

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Directed by: Charles Sturridge
Genres: Drama, Romance
Starring: Rupert Graves, Helen Mirren, Helena Bonham Carter

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 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
class
identity
grief
betrayal
Places: countryside
single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	4
Tension	5
Darkness	6
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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