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GERMANY · 1967

The Graduate

Mike Nichols
New German Cinema coming of age seduction class conflict generational divide identity crisis
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Synopsis

A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.

Year1967
CountryGermany
DirectorMike Nichols
MovementNew German Cinema
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I had seen The Graduate many times before, but on that rewatch, it really clicked for me how much it’s about the dissolution of a marriage. It’s also about the beginning of a marriage, but it’s about the whole cycle of this family breaking apart.
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