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Back Street (1961)
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Ambitious but thwarted, Rae Smith meets handsome Marine Paul Saxon, (of the Saxon department store chain), as he passes through Lincoln, Nebraska, on his way home from World War II. There's a definite spark between them but circumstances intervene and he leaves town without her. Later she learns he's married. Determined to make it as a fashion designer, Rae moves to New York and becomes a great success. One day she happens to meet Paul again and again there's that spark but he's still married so, as a form of escape, Rae moves to Rome to set up shop. Once again she meets Paul and finally they begin an actual affair since Paul's shrewish, drunken wife, Liz, won't give him a divorce. Time passes, the affair continues whenever time and place permit, but then, Paul's young son finds out about Rae and Rae's back-street world begins to crumble.
Style:
sentimental, touching, serious, emotional, realistic, soap opera
Plot:
fashion show, fashion designer, fashion industry, department store, extramarital affair, feminism, lonely, marriage, infidelity, love and romance, life is a bitch, couples, tragic love, love affair, unfulfilled love, dishonesty, unfulfillment, couple relations, dancing, travel, loneliness, murder, photographer, alcoholic, mistress ...
Time:
year 1961, 60s, 20th century
Place:
rome italy, new york, usa, paris france, france
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Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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