Tea and Sympathy (1956)

Directed by

Vincente Minnelli

Genre

drama film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 02m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 57 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young boarding school student is teased for being different and finds unexpected kindness from a faculty wife. She offers him comfort and understanding.

melancholictenderquietly intensesympatheticemotionally chargedpoignantintrospectiveunderstated

What happens

Tea and Sympathy is a 1956 American drama film and an adaptation of Robert Anderson's 1953 stage play of the same name directed by Vincente Minnelli and produced by Pandro S. Berman for MGM in Metrocolor. The music score was by Adolph Deutsch and the cinematography by John Alton. Deborah Kerr, John Kerr and Leif Erickson reprised their original Broadway roles. Edward Andrews, Darryl Hickman, Norma Crane, Tom Laughlin, and Dean Jones were featured in supporting roles. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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