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The Slave (1953)

The Slave poster
Original title
L'Esclave
Directed by
Yves Ciampi
Genre
drama film
Country
France, Italy
Runtime
1h 39m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man and a woman become entangled in a difficult relationship. Their personal struggles play out against a backdrop of social constraints.

tensemelancholicsomberslow-burnseriousdramaticrestrainedoppressive

What happens

The Slave (French: L'esclave, Italian: Schiavitù) is a 1953 French-Italian drama film directed by Yves Ciampi and starring Daniel Gélin, Eleonora Rossi Drago and Barbara Laage. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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