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The Lovers of Montparnasse

1958 · 108 min

A slow, sorrowful plunge into artistic obsession and poverty, beautiful and suffocating, leaving a lingering ache.

Directed by
Jacques Becker
Genres
Romance, Drama, History
Starring
Gérard Philipe, Lilli Palmer, Lea Padovani
Overview
Biographic film chronicling the last year of the life of the Italian painter Amedeo Modigliani, 1919, who falls in love with a girl from a wealthy family. Her parents are against this relationship and stop financial help. Modigliani worked and died in abject poverty in the Montparnasse Quarter of Paris, France.

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Directed by
Jacques Becker
Genres
Romance, Drama, History
Starring
Gérard Philipe, Lilli Palmer, Lea Padovani
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 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
  • art
  • politics
  • love
Places
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
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Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
romance, drama, history
Directed by
Jacques Becker
Written by
Jacques Becker
Starring
Gérard Philipe, Lilli Palmer, Lea Padovani, Gérard Séty, Lino Ventura, Anouk Aimée, Lila Kedrova, Arlette Poirier
Music
Paul Misraki
Cinematography
Christian Matras
Runtime
108 min
Country
France, Italy
Languages
French

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