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We Won't Grow Old Together

1972 · 110 min

A raw, claustrophobic portrait of a love affair's slow decay, marked by emotional cruelty and quiet desperation.

Overview: Jean, a married 40-year-old filmmaker, and his young working class lover, Catherine, engage in a circular series of spectacular blow-ups and tentative reunions, their mutual desire a fire that burns them again and again.
How it feels: Melancholic, cynical, tense and dark. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Love, obsession, isolation, identity
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
obsession
isolation
identity
betrayal
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild