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My Nights Are More Beautiful Than Your Days (1989)

My Nights Are More Beautiful Than Your Days poster
Original title
Mes nuits sont plus belles que vos jours
Directed by
Andrzej Żuławski
Genre
romance film, melodrama
Country
France
Runtime
1h 29m
Rated
R
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 68 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A love affair begins between a man with a degenerative brain condition and a woman who works as a computer programmer. Their relationship unfolds through playful and unusual conversations.

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What happens

My Nights Are More Beautiful Than Your Days (French: Mes nuits sont plus belles que vos jours) is a 1989 French romantic drama film written and directed by Andrzej Żuławski, based on the 1985 novel of the same name by Raphaële Billetdoux. In unique dialogue full of rhymes, puns and quotations, it tells the story of a sudden love affair between two gifted but damaged people. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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