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Gabrielle

1954 · 90 min

A slow, uneasy study of jealousy in which imagination quietly turns a marriage into a maze of doubt.

Overview
While Bertil Lindström works at the Swedish embassy in Paris, his wife Gabrielle spends the summer alone in Sweden. After a phone call to her, he starts to think of all the things she can possibly be doing separated from him.
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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • obsession
    • betrayal
    • isolation
    • identity
    Places
    • big city
    • countryside
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror2
    Humour2
    Realism7
    Romance4
    Tension6
    Darkness5
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Hasse Ekman
    Written by
    Hasse Ekman, Walter Ljungquist
    Starring
    Eva Henning, Birger Malmsten, Hasse Ekman, Inga Tidblad, Carl Ström, Gunnar Björnstrand, Åke Claesson, Gunnar Olsson
    Music
    Erik Nordgren, Gösta Theselius
    Cinematography
    Gunnar Fischer
    Runtime
    90 min
    Country
    Sweden
    Languages
    Danish, French, Swedish

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