The Passionate Friends (1949)
- Directed by
- David Lean
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.9 of 10 from 62 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A married woman cannot end an affair with another man. She is torn between the two men in her life.
melancholictenseromanticfrustratingnostalgicbittersweetformalsmooth-paced
What happens
The Passionate Friends (also known as One Woman's Story) is a 1949 British romantic drama film directed by David Lean and starring Ann Todd, Claude Rains and Trevor Howard. It was written by Eric Ambler, Stanley Haynes and Lean, based on The Passionate Friends: A Novel (1913) by H. G. Wells. It describes a love triangle in which a woman cannot give up her affair with another man. The film was entered into the 1949 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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