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The Blues (1918)

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Genre
silent film
Country
France
Elsewhere
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How it feels

A man loves his cousin but she is in love with a married man. She agrees to marry someone else who runs off with another woman. The married man then reveals he is actually single and the couples sort themselves out.

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What happens

Les Bleus de l'amour est un film français réalisé par Henri Desfontaines, sorti en 1918. Bertrand aime sa cousine Emmeline, qui ne pense qu'à son cousin Gaspard, un homme marié. Emmeline accepte finalement d'épouser Alfred, mais il est parti avec Mimi. Gaspard avoue à Emmeline qu'en fait il est célibataire et tout s'arrange. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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