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The Sandpiper (1965)

The Sandpiper poster
Directed by
Vincente Minnelli
Genre
drama film, melodrama
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 50m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 56 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A free-spirited artist living on the California coast raises her young son away from the establishment. She falls into a conflict with a strict religious school headmaster who becomes drawn to her unconventional life.

melancholictenseromanticconflictedslow-burnvisually lushearthyemotionally charged

What happens

The Sandpiper is a 1965 American drama film directed by Vincente Minnelli and starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, the third of eleven films starring the power couple. The film explores the relationship between a repressed religious-school headmaster and a free-spirited California artist in the years bridging the beatnik and hippie movements of the 60's. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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