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Personal Affair (1953)

Personal Affair poster
Directed by
Anthony Pelissier
Genre
drama film, crime film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 22m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 14 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman vanishes after a quarrel with her older lover. Her disappearance stirs suspicion and reveals hidden tensions in the lives of those around her.

tensemelancholicslow-burnclaustrophobicemotionally chargedsuspensefulrestrainedintrospective

What happens

Personal Affair is a 1953 British drama film directed by Anthony Pelissier and starring Gene Tierney, Leo Genn and Glynis Johns. The screenplay by Lesley Storm was based on her 1951 play "The Day's Mischief." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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