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Les Deux anglaises et le continent
FRANCE · 1971

Les Deux anglaises et le continent

François Truffaut
forbidden romance cross-cultural love family interference separation and longing coming-of-age
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Synopsis

In the early 20th-century, Frenchman Claude meets Englishwoman Ann in Paris. Ann invites him to her family home, intending him for her sister Muriel. Claude falls for Muriel, but families demand year-long separation before approving marriage.

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This is my favorite Truffaut movie. I watched it a lot when I was making Margot at the Wedding, and it was very influential on me at that time.
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