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Goodbye Again

1961 · 115 min

A slow, elegant plunge into a love affair that feels both tender and doomed, leaving a lingering ache.

Tagline
This is how love is...and always will be...
Overview
Middle-aged businesswoman Paula Tessier rejects the advances of her client's amusing 25-year-old son, Philip Van der Besh, but reconsiders when her longtime philandering partner begins yet another casual affair with a younger woman. She soon learns that May-December romances with older women are frowned upon in society.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • romanticstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • identity
  • betrayal
  • isolation
  • aging
Places
  • big city
  • home
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
Realism8
Romance8
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Anatole Litvak
Written by
Samuel A. Taylor
Starring
Ingrid Bergman, Yves Montand, Anthony Perkins, Jessie Royce Landis, Pierre Dux, Jocelyn Lane, Jean Clarke, Michèle Mercier
Music
Georges Auric
Cinematography
Armand Thirard
Runtime
115 min
Country
France, United States of America
Languages
French, English

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