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Beloved

2011 · Movie · 139 min · ★ 6.1 · 56% critics

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Spanning decades between Paris and London, this drama follows a mother and daughter as they chase romance, freedom, and the promise of living fully in the moment. As the years pass, passion gives way to heartbreak, disappointment, and the harder truths that come with love.

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Details
Original title
Les bien-aimés
Years
2011
Release date
2011-08-17
Language
French
Runtime
139 min
Critic score
56/100
TMDB rating
6.1/10 (86 votes)
About

You might like this if you enjoy bittersweet relationship dramas that follow love across many years and cities, especially if titles like Feelings or Aline appeal to you; Not for you if you want fast pacing or a cheerful romance.

Pros: sweeping romantic scope; mother-daughter focus; bittersweet emotion | Cons: episodic love stories; melancholy tone; slow-moving at times

Themes

  • paris, france
  • 1970s
  • prague, czech republic
  • shoe
  • impossible love
  • father daughter reunion
  • prostitute mother
  • prague spring (1968)
  • 1960s

Cast & crew

Directed by Christophe Honoré