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Whirlpool

1935 · 75 min

A somber, heartfelt melodrama that lingers on love, loss, and moral anguish with a quiet, old-fashioned intensity.

Overview
The happiness of a newly-married couple, Henry and Jeannie Saint Clair, is shattered when the husband is made a paralytic in an automobile accident. The wife still loves him, although he is incapable of any physical love. She is slowly drawn into a short-lived affair with a handsome athlete, Robert Vanier. When the husband learns of the affair, he commits suicide. But the wife cannot forget him and she sends her lover away.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 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
  • love
  • grief
  • betrayal
  • guilt
  • trauma
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour1
Realism7
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Edmond T. Gréville
Written by
Curt Alexander, André Doderet, Peggy Thompson
Starring
Jeanne Boitel, Jean Galland, Maurice Maillot, Françoise Rosay, Diana Sari, Lyne Clevers, Jean Kolb, Robert Arnoux
Runtime
75 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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