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Mr. and Mrs. Bridge (1990)

Mr. and Mrs. Bridge poster
Original title
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
Directed by
James Ivory
Genre
drama film
Country
United Kingdom, United States
Runtime
2h 05m
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 80 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The film follows a married couple in 1930s Kansas City. They navigate the routines and unspoken tensions of their upper-middle-class life.

slow-burnquietrestrainedmelancholicreflectivesubduedintimate

What happens

Mr. & Mrs. Bridge is a 1990 American drama film based on the novels Mr. Bridge and Mrs. Bridge by Evan S. Connell. It is directed by James Ivory, with a screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, and produced by Ismail Merchant. The film stars real-life couple Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward as the title characters. The character of Mrs. Bridge is based on Connell's mother, Ruth Connell. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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