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A Ghost in Monte Carlo

1990 · 90 min

A lush, old-fashioned romantic melodrama with scheming relatives and exotic dangers, easy to watch and pleasantly campy.

Directed by
John Hough
Genres
Romance, History, Tv movie
Starring
Sarah Miles, Oliver Reed, Christopher Plummer
Overview
A chance meeting between British nobleman and lovely young Mistral foils a plot by her manipulating Aunt Emilie to avenge the death of her sister, Mistral's mother, who died in childbirth. But when an unscrupulous blackmailer and a rapacious Rajah enter the plot, the growing attraction between Lord and convent girl becomes yet more fraught with Danger.

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Directed by
John Hough
Genres
Romance, History, Tv movie
Starring
Sarah Miles, Oliver Reed, Christopher Plummer
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How it feels

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Tone
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • betrayal
  • revenge
  • family
  • class
Places
  • single country house
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour3
Realism6
Romance7
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
romance, history, tv movie
Directed by
John Hough
Written by
Terence Feely
Starring
Sarah Miles, Oliver Reed, Christopher Plummer, Lysette Anthony, Samantha Eggar, Fiona Fullerton, Marcus Gilbert, Joanna Lumley
Music
Laurie Johnson
Cinematography
Terry Cole
Runtime
90 min
Country
Germany, United Kingdom, Austria, Italy, United States of America
Languages
English

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