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The Group

1966 · 152 min

A sweeping, intimate portrait of female friendship and societal pressures, unfolding with measured grace and emotional weight.

Directed by
Sidney Lumet
Genres
Drama
Overview
It's 1933, and eight young women are friends and members of the upper-class group at a private girl's school, about to graduate and start their own lives. The film documents the years between their graduation and the beginning of the World War in Europe, and shows, in a serialized style, their romances and marriages, their searches for careers or meaning in their lives, their highs and their lows.

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Directed by
Sidney Lumet
Genres
Drama
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • identity
  • ambition
  • betrayal
  • grief
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour3
Realism8
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Sidney Lumet
Written by
Sidney Buchman
Starring
Candice Bergen, Joan Hackett, Elizabeth Hartman, Shirley Knight, Joanna Pettet, Mary-Robin Redd, Jessica Walter, Kathleen Widdoes
Music
Charles Gross
Cinematography
Boris Kaufman
Runtime
152 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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