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The Browning Version (1994)

The Browning Version poster
Directed by
Mike Figgis
Genre
drama film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 33m
Rated
R
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 63 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A strict and unpopular classics professor at a British boys' school faces the end of his career. His wife is having an affair and his students do not respect him. One student gives him a gift that prompts him to reflect on his life.

emotionally intenserestrainedmelancholicslow-burncontemplativepoignantsomberpersonal

What happens

The Browning Version is a 1994 British drama film directed by Mike Figgis, written by Ronald Harwood, and starring Albert Finney, Greta Scacchi, and Matthew Modine. The film is based on the 1948 stage play of the same name by Terence Rattigan, which was previously adapted for film under the same name in 1951. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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