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Nana

1926 · 168 min

A lavish, slow silent spectacle of vanity and ruin, gorgeous to look at yet cold at its heart.

Overview
Count Moffat becomes infatuated with Nana, a presumptuous stage actress, vulgar, hypocritical and promiscuous, willing to do anything to succeed.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 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
  • ambition
  • class
  • obsession
  • betrayal
  • death
Places
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Jean Renoir
Written by
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Starring
Catherine Hessling, Pierre Lestringuez, Jacqueline Forzane, Werner Krauss, Jean Angelo, Raymond Guérin-Catelain, Claude Autant-Lara, Pierre Champagne
Runtime
168 min
Country
France
Languages
No Language

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