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The Twist

1976 · 107 min

A wry, talky carousel of bourgeois infidelity that drifts between dry wit and mild melancholy.

Overview
Claire de La Tour Picquet shares her life between her husband, the successful novelist William Brandeis, and her lover, Jacques Lalouet, William's publisher. Then she discovers that her lover has a mistress, Charlie, who is also that of her husband...

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How it feels

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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 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
  • betrayal
  • love
  • class
  • identity
  • obsession
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour6
Realism7
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Claude Chabrol
Written by
Norman Enfield, Claude Chabrol
Starring
Bruce Dern, Stéphane Audran, Sydne Rome, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Ann-Margret, Maria Schell, Francis Perrin, Sybil Danning
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
107 min
Country
France, Germany, Italy
Languages
French, English

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