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Rapture (1965)

Rapture poster
Directed by
John Guillermin
Genre
drama film
Country
France, United States
Runtime
1h 44m
Rating
7.1 of 10 from 37 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman and her father live in isolation on the coast of Brittany. The arrival of a troubled American sailor disrupts their quiet lives.

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What happens

Rapture (French: La fleur de l'âge) is a 1965 drama film directed by John Guillermin, and starring Melvyn Douglas, Patricia Gozzi, and Dean Stockwell. It was written by Stanley Mann based on the 1954 novel Rapture in My Rags by Phyliss Hastings. It is reportedly Guillermin's own favorite among his films. His widow Mary Martindale said it "was the only film he directed that wholly satisfied his vision as an artist." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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