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Love Is a Funny Thing

1969 · 115 min

A bittersweet romantic drama that drifts between hope and heartbreak, with a measured pace and a lingering sense of loss.

Tagline
They found love in America but couldn't take it home.
Overview
A composer and a French film star, both of whom are married to others, meet and fall in love while shooting a film in the United States.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • betrayal
  • identity
  • loneliness
  • freedom
Places
  • road trip
  • big city
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism7
Romance7
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Claude Lelouch
Written by
Claude Pinoteau, Pierre Uytterhoeven
Starring
Jean-Paul Belmondo, Annie Girardot, Maria Pia Conte, Marcel Bozzuffi, Farrah Fawcett, Peter Bergman, Kaz Garas, Bill Quinn
Music
Francis Lai
Cinematography
Jean Collomb
Runtime
115 min
Country
France, Italy
Languages
English, French

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